Effects of harvest, fire, and pest/pathogen disturbances on the West Cascades ecoregion carbon balance

Carbon Balance and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Turner, David P ^a   Ritts, William D ^a   Kennedy, Robert E ^a   Gray, Andrew N ^b   Yang, Zhiqiang ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Disturbance; Forests; Net ecosystem carbon balance; Net ecosystem exchange; Net ecosystem production; West Cascades ecoregion

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; ECOREGION; FOREST FIRE; HARVESTING; LANDSAT; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PATHOGENICITY; PEST DAMAGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CASCADE RANGE; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85027936232     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17500680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13021-015-0022-9     Document Type: Article

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