Spatial Patterns and Predictors of Forest Carbon Stocks in Western Mediterranean

Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1258-1270

  Vayreda, Jordi ^a   Gracia, Marc ^a   Canadell, Josep G ^b   Retana, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

conifer and broadleaf forests; fire disturbance; forest management; national forest inventory; Peninsular Spain; structural richness; tree carbon stock; tree species richness; understory carbon stock; water availability

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PREDICTION; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER AVAILABILITY;

SPAIN;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 84870588432     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-012-9582-7     Document Type: Article

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