Changes in forest biomass and linkage to climate and forest disturbances over Northeastern China

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2596-2606

  Zhang, Yuzhen ^a   Liang, Shunlin ^a,b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest biomass dynamics; Forest disturbances; Northeastern China

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST COVER; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; REFORESTATION;

CHINA;

HEXAPODA;

BIOMASS; CHINA; CLIMATE; FOREST; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

BIOMASS; CHINA; CLIMATE; FORESTS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 84903764423     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12588     Document Type: Article

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