Net primary production of a temperate deciduous forest exhibits a threshold response to increasing disturbance severity

Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2478-2487

  Stuart Haëntjens, Ellen J ^a   Curtis, Peter S ^b   Fahey, Robert T ^c   Vogel, Christoph S ^d   Gough, Christopher M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MORTON ARBORETUM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy; Carbon cycling; Disturbance; Forest; Leaf area index (LAI); Light; Mortality; Net primary production; Northern Michigan; Production efficiency; Resilience; Resistance; USA

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BASAL AREA; CARBON BALANCE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST CANOPY; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MORALITY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; THRESHOLD; WOOD;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

NITROGEN;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; TREE; UNITED STATES;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTS; GREAT LAKES REGION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; PLANTS; TREES;

EID: 84942292184     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-1810.1     Document Type: Article

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