The influence of boreal tree species mixtures on ecosystem carbon storage and fluxes

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 354, Issue , 2015, Pages 119-129

  Laganière, Jérôme ^a   Cavard, Xavier ^b   Brassard, Brian W ^c   Paré, David ^a   Bergeron, Yves ^d   Chen, Han Y H ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Carbon pools; Mixedwood management; Mixture productivity relationships; Tree species; Trembling aspen

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES; MIXTURES; PRODUCTIVITY; REFORESTATION;

BOREAL FORESTS; CARBON POOL; MIXEDWOOD; TREE SPECIES; TREMBLING ASPEN;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; FINE ROOT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MIXED FOREST; PHYTOMASS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REGENERATION; SOIL RESPIRATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CANADA;

PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 84945466685     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.06.029     Document Type: Article

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