Vertical distribution of carbon dioxide sources and sinks in a recovering mountain pine beetle-attacked lodgepole pine stand

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 195-196, Issue , 2014, Pages 108-122

  Emmel, Carmen ^a   Paul Limoges, Eugenie ^a,c   Bowler, Rebecca ^b   Black, T Andrew ^a   Christen, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Mountain pine beetle; Photosynthesis; Photosynthetically active radiation; Respiration; Secondary structure

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EDDY COVARIANCE; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; POPULATION OUTBREAK; RESPIRATION; SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STAND STRUCTURE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 84902592568     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.04.014     Document Type: Article

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