Temporal carbon dynamics of forests in Washington, US: Implications for ecological theory and carbon management

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 310, Issue , 2013, Pages 796-811

  Raymond, Crystal L ^a   McKenzie, Donald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Carbon; Forest management; Net primary productivity; Pacific Northwest

Indexed keywords

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIGITAL STORAGE; DYNAMICS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

CARBON DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM CLASSIFICATION; EMPIRICAL MODEL; FINE-SCALE; FOREST AGE; FOREST TYPE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; STORAGE POTENTIAL; WASHINGTON;

BIOMASS;

AGE STRUCTURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY;

OKANAGAN HIGHLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

CONIUM; PICEA SITCHENSIS; THUJA PLICATA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 84888138909     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.09.026     Document Type: Article

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