The impact of tropospheric ozone on landscape-level merchantable biomass and ecosystem carbon in Canadian forests

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-81

  Landry, Jean Sébastien ^a,c   Neilson, Eric T ^b   Kurz, Werner A ^b   Percy, Kevin E ^b,d  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d KE Percy Air Quality Effects Consulting Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Disturbances; Forest carbon; Modelling; Tropospheric ozone

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON BUDGET; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RESPONSE; MODELING; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE;

CANADA;

HEXAPODA; POPULUS;

EID: 84871963795     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-012-0656-z     Document Type: Article

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