Effects of climate change on biomass carbon sequestration in old-growth forest ecosystems on Changbai Mountain in Northeast China

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 300, Issue , 2013, Pages 106-116

  Dai, Limin ^a   Jia, Juan ^a   Yu, Dapao ^a   Lewis, Bernard J ^a   Zhou, Li ^a   Zhou, Wangming ^a   Zhao, Wei ^a   Jiang, Linhai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Changbai Mountain; Global warming; Old growth forest; Radial growth

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHANGBAI MOUNTAINS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NORTHEAST CHINA; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RADIAL GROWTH; RECENT RESEARCHES; TOTAL STAND BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CLIMATE MODELS; ECOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; LANDFORMS;

FORESTRY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWTH RATE; MIXED FOREST; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PHYTOMASS;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CHELATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY;

BAEKDU MOUNTAIN; CHANGBAI MOUNTAINS; CHINA;

ABIES; FRAXINUS MANDSHURICA; PICEA; PINUS KORAIENSIS;

EID: 84877926319     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.06.046     Document Type: Article

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