The role of harvest residue in rotation cycle carbon balance in loblolly pine plantations. Respiration partitioning approach

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3186-3201

  Noormets, Asko ^a   Mcnulty, Steve G ^b   Domec, Jean Christophe ^a,c   Gavazzi, Michael ^b   Sun, Ge ^b   King, John S ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Chronosequence; Coarse woody debris; Detritus; Harvesting; Heterotrophic respiration; Loblolly pine; Managed forest; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON CYCLE; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; CONIFEROUS TREE; DETRITUS; HETEROTROPHY; PARTITIONING; PLANTATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL RESPIRATION; TIMBER HARVESTING;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 84865864025     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02776.x     Document Type: Article

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