Carbon budgets in fertile silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) chronosequence stands

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 77, Issue , 2015, Pages 284-296

  Varik, Mats ^a   Kukumägi, Mai ^b   Aosaar, Jürgen ^a   Becker, Hardo ^a   Ostonen, Ivika ^b   Lõhmus, Krista ^b   Uri, Veiko ^a  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

C sequestration; Carbon fluxes; Fine root production; Heterotrophic respiration; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; POLES; SILVER; SOILS;

C SEQUESTRATION; CARBON FLUXES; FINE ROOTS; HETEROTROPHIC RESPIRATION; SOIL RESPIRATION;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE);

BIOMASS; CARBON BUDGET; CHRONOSEQUENCE; GROWTH RATE; HETEROTROPHY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL RESPIRATION; STAND STRUCTURE; TREE;

BETULA PENDULA; PICEA;

EID: 84922798247     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2015.01.041     Document Type: Article

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