Decline in Net Ecosystem Productivity Following Canopy Transition to Late-Succession Forests

Ecosystems

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 778-791

  Taylor, Anthony R ^a,b   Seedre, Meelis ^a,c   Brassard, Brian W ^a   Chen, Han Y H ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

boreal forest; carbon; climate change; disturbance; fire; productivity; succession

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BOREAL FOREST; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON FLUX; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; SOIL CARBON; STAND DYNAMICS; SUCCESSION;

CANADA;

ABIES BALSAMEA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 84904244222     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-014-9759-3     Document Type: Article

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