Global estimates of boreal forest carbon stocks and flux

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 128, Issue , 2015, Pages 24-30

  Bradshaw, Corey J A ^a   Warkentin, Ian G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alaska; Canada; Ecosystems; Fire; Flux; Insects; Peatland; Permafrost; Russia; Scandinavia; Soil; Taiga

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; FLUXES; FORECASTING; FORESTRY; PERMAFROST; SOILS; WETLANDS;

ALASKA; CANADA; INSECTS; PEATLAND; RUSSIA; SCANDINAVIA; TAIGA;

CARBON;

BOREAL FOREST; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; STANDARDIZATION;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; PERMAFROST; SCANDINAVIA;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84923368481     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2015.02.004     Document Type: Article

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