Low historical nitrogen deposition effect on carbon sequestration in the boreal zone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2542-2561

  Fleischer, K ^a   Warlind D ^b   Van Der Molen, M K ^c   Rebel, K T ^d   Arneth, A ^e   Erisman, J W ^a,f   Wassen, M J ^d   Smith, B ^b   Gough, C M ^g   Margolis, H A ^h   Cescatti, A ⁱ   Montagnani, L ^j   Arain, A ^k   Dolman, A J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f LOUIS BOLK INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^g VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

ⁱ JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^j FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^k MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

carbon sequestration; FLUXNET; forests; global dynamic vegetation models; nitrogen deposition

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EVERGREEN FOREST; LAND USE CHANGE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN CYCLE; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 84954388584     PISSN: 21698953     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JG002988     Document Type: Article

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