Forest development and carbon dynamics after mountain pine beetle outbreaks

Forest Science

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 476-488

  Hansen, E Matthew ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark beetle impacts; Carbon productivity; Carbon storage; Disturbance ecology; Forest recovery

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES; PRODUCTIVITY; RECOVERY;

BARK BEETLE; CARBON PRODUCTIVITIES; CARBON STORAGE; DISTURBANCE ECOLOGY; FOREST RECOVERY;

FORESTRY;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAKES; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 84894490673     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/forsci.13-039     Document Type: Article

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