Net ecosystem production and carbon balance of an SRC poplar plantation during its first rotation

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 56, Issue , 2013, Pages 412-422

  Verlinden, M S ^a   Broeckx, L S ^a   Zona, D ^b   Berhongaray, G ^a   De Groote, T ^a,c   Camino Serrano, M ^a   Janssens, I A ^a   Ceulemans, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carbon budget; Carbon fluxes; Carbon pools; NEE; Net primary production; Populus

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGETS; CARBON FLUXES; CARBON POOL; NEE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; POPULUS;

BIOFUELS; FORESTRY; LAKES;

CARBON;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOENERGY; CARBON BALANCE; CROP ROTATION; EDDY COVARIANCE; GROWING SEASON; LAND USE CHANGE; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SAMPLING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UPSCALING;

BUDGETING; CARBON; FORESTRY; LAKES; POPULUS;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

EID: 84879571869     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2013.05.033     Document Type: Article

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