Relationships between soil CO 2 efflux and forest structure in 50-year-old longleaf pine

Forest Science

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 472-484

  Samuelson, Lisa J ^a   Whitaker, William B ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal area; Carbon sequestration; Pinus palustris; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SOURCE; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DOWN DEAD WOOD; FOREST STRUCTURE; HERBACEOUS LAYER; LONGLEAF PINE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; PINUS PALUSTRIS; PINUS PALUSTRIS MILL; SOIL CO; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHELATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PINUS PALUSTRIS; RESPIRATION; SOIL;

EID: 84867422038     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/forsci.11-049     Document Type: Article

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