Late-successional and old-growth forest carbon temporal dynamics in the Northern Forest (Northeastern USA)

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 312, Issue , 2014, Pages 40-46

  Gunn, John S ^a   Ducey, Mark J ^b   Whitman, Andrew A ^a  

^a Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences Brunswick   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest carbon; Forest Vegetation Simulator; Late successional; Old growth

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; FOREST CARBONS; FOREST GROWTH AND YIELD; FOREST INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; FOREST VEGETATION SIMULATOR; LATE-SUCCESSIONAL; OLD-GROWTH;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORECASTING; LAKES;

FORESTRY;

BIOACCUMULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA ACQUISITION; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; SIMULATOR; SUCCESSION; TREE;

CARBON; FORECASTS; FORESTRY; LAKES; SEASONAL VARIATION;

FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; FUNGI;

EID: 84888128343     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.10.023     Document Type: Article

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