Impact of Ozone on sequestration of Carbon by Swedish forests under a changing climate: A modeling study

Forest Science

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 445-457

  Subramanian, Narayanan ^a   Karlsson, Per Erik ^b   Bergh, Johan ^a   Nilsson, Urban ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

3 PG model; Biomass production; Climate scenarios; Net primary production; Tropospheric ozone

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; ECOSYSTEMS; OZONE; PLANTS (BOTANY); TROPOSPHERE;

3-PG MODELS; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; CLIMATE SCENARIOS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CHELATION; FORESTS; HARVESTING; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PRODUCTION;

BETULA; BETULA PENDULA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84933050664     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: 19383738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/forsci.14-026     Document Type: Article

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