Carbon and water exchange of the world's tallest angiosperm forest

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 182-183, Issue , 2013, Pages 215-224

  Kilinc, Musa ^a   Beringer, Jason ^a   Hutley, Lindsay B ^b   Tapper, Nigel J ^a   McGuire, David A ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon flux; Eddy flux; Old growth forest; Succession; Water flux

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EVERGREEN FOREST; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; UNDERSTORY; WATER BUDGET; WATER EXCHANGE;

AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS REGNANS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SORBUS;

EID: 84885185678     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2013.07.003     Document Type: Article

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