Estimation of snag carbon transfer rates by ecozone and lead species for forests in Canada

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2078-2090

  Hilger, A B ^a   Shaw, C H ^a   Metsaranta, J M ^a   Kurz, W A ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian forests; Carbon modeling; Carbon transfer rate; Ecozones; Forest carbon; Snag; Snag fall rate; Standing dead wood; Woody debris

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

BIOMASS; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON CYCLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEAD WOOD; DIAMETER; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOZONE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MASS TRANSFER; WOODY DEBRIS;

ARTICLE; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREE; WOOD;

CANADA; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; WOOD;

CANADA;

EID: 84871207621     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-2277.1     Document Type: Article

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