Relationships between net primary productivity and forest stand age in U.S. forests

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  He, Liming ^a   Chen, Jing M ^a   Pan, Yude ^b   Birdsey, Richard ^b   Kattge, Jens ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON CYCLE MODELS; CARBON CYCLES; CLIMATE CONDITION; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; FINE ROOTS; FINE-ROOT BIOMASS; FOREST AGE; FOREST INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS; FOREST STAND; FOREST TYPE; FOREST TYPE GROUPS; LAND-COVER TYPES; LEAF AREA INDEX; MIDDLE AGES; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; SPECIES-SPECIFIC TRAITS; SPECIFIC AREAS; STAND AGE; TEMPORAL PATTERN; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; REMOTE SENSING;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOME; CARBON BALANCE; FOLIAGE; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY MODELING; LAND COVER; LEAF AREA INDEX; LONGEVITY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864644100     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GB003942     Document Type: Article

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