Residence Times and Decay Rates of Downed Woody Debris Biomass/Carbon in Eastern US Forests

Ecosystems

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 765-777

  Russell, Matthew B ^a   Woodall, Christopher W ^b   Fraver, Shawn ^c   D'Amato, Anthony W ^a   Domke, Grant M ^b   Skog, Kenneth E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^d FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon flux; coarse woody debris; decay class; decomposition; forest fuels; forest inventory

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST INVENTORY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; REACTION RATE; RESIDENCE TIME; WOODY DEBRIS;

UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 84904269720     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-014-9757-5     Document Type: Article

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