Maintaining high rates of carbon storage in old forests: A mechanism linking canopy structure to forest function

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 298, Issue , 2013, Pages 111-119

  Hardiman, Brady S ^a   Gough, Christopher M ^b   Halperin, Abby ^c   Hofmeister, Kathryn L ^d   Nave, Lucas E ^e   Bohrer, Gil ^f   Curtis, Peter S ^g  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^d HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f Ohio State University   (United States)

^g OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy structure; Carbon storage; Forest succession; Light use efficiency; Nitrogen use efficiency; Rugosity

Indexed keywords

CANOPY STRUCTURE; CARBON STORAGE; FOREST SUCCESSION; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; NITROGEN-USE EFFICIENCY; RUGOSITY;

EFFICIENCY; NITROGEN; OPTICAL RADAR;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHRONOSEQUENCE; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HETEROGENEITY; LEAF AREA; LIDAR; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESOURCE USE; SUCCESSION; TIMESCALE;

FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; RADAR;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876305346     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.02.031     Document Type: Article

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