How temperature, precipitation and stand age control the biomass carbon density of global mature forests

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 323-333

  Liu, Yingchun ^a,b   Yu, Guirui ^a   Wang, Qiufeng ^a   Zhang, Yangjian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass carbon density; Carbon sink; Climate change mitigation; Ecological zone; Major forest biome; Old growth forest; Precipitation; Stand age; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893868113     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12113     Document Type: Article

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