Substantial amounts of carbon are sequestered during dry periods in an old-growth subtropical forest in South China

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-30

  Yan, Junhua ^a   Liu, Xingzhao ^a,c   Tang, Xuli ^a   Yu, Guirui ^b   Zhang, Leiming ^b   Chen, Qingqing ^a,c   Li, Kun ^a,c  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Gross primary productivity; Net ecosystem productivity; Old growth forest; Respiration; Temporal pattern

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; TROPICS;

GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIVITIES; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RESPIRATION; TEMPORAL PATTERN;

FORESTRY;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; EDDY COVARIANCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL RESPIRATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BIOMASS; CHINA; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; PRODUCTIVITY; RESPIRATION;

CHINA; DINGHUSHAN BIOSPHERE RESERVE; GUANGDONG;

EID: 84873714512     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: 16107403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-012-0363-0     Document Type: Article

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