Evidence of autumn phenology control on annual net ecosystem productivity in two temperate deciduous forests

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 88-95

  Wu, Chaoyang ^a,b   Gough, Christopher M ^c   Chen, Jing M ^b   Gonsamo, Alemu ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autumn phenology; Carbon flux phenology; Harvard Forest; Net ecosystem productivity

Indexed keywords

AUTUMN PHENOLOGY; CARBON FLUXES; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; HARVARD FORESTS; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIVITIES; SURFACE SOIL TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

FORESTRY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PLANTS; PRODUCTIVITY;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84882769337     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.07.019     Document Type: Article

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