Forest structure in space and time: Biotic and abiotic determinants of canopy complexity and their effects on net primary productivity

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 250-251, Issue , 2018, Pages 181-191

  Fotis, Alex T ^a   Morin, Timothy H ^b,c   Fahey, Robert T ^d   Hardiman, Brady S ^e   Bohrer, Gil ^b   Curtis, Peter S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ohio State University   (United States)

^c 402 Baker Laboratory   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy stability; Canopy structure; Carbon sequestration; Climate change

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTOR; BIOTIC FACTOR; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPLEXITY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

PINUS STROBUS; POPULUS GRANDIDENTATA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 85039723563     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.12.251     Document Type: Article

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