The interplay of sedimentation and carbon accretion in riparian forests

Geomorphology

Volumn 214, Issue , 2014, Pages 157-167

  Rieger, Isaak ^a,c   Lang, Friederike ^b   Kowarik, Ingo ^a,c   Cierjacks, Arne ^a,c,d  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c BERLIN BRANDENBURG INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH BBIB   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

BRT; Carbon accretion rate; Carbon stock; Dendrogeomorphology; Dike; DRF; Floodplain forest; FRF; OC; Sedimentation rate; TRF

Indexed keywords

DIKE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; RIPARIAN FOREST; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SOIL CARBON;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 84899063036     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.01.023     Document Type: Article

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