Long-term variability and environmental control of the carbon cycle in an oak-dominated temperate forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 313, Issue , 2014, Pages 319-328

  Xie, Jing ^a,b   Chen, Jiquan ^b,c   Sun, Ge ^d   Chu, Housen ^b   Noormets, Asko ^e   Ouyang, Zutao ^b   John, Ranjeet ^b   Wan, Shiqiang ^f   Guan, Wenbin ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecosystem respiration; Eddy covariance; Gross ecosystem productivity; Net ecosystem exchange of carbon; Seasonal and interannual variability; Temperate deciduous forest

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM RESPIRATION; EDDY-COVARIANCE; GROSS ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIVITIES; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTIVITY;

FORESTRY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; AUTUMN; CARBON CYCLE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY; LEAF AREA INDEX; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; TEMPERATE FOREST; WARMING; WINTER; WOODLAND;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PRODUCTIVITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891746251     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.10.032     Document Type: Article

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