Technical Note: Linking climate change and downed woody debris decomposition across forests of the eastern United States
Forest ecosystems play a critical role in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. Forest carbon (C) is stored through photosynthesis and released via decomposition and combustion. Relative to C fixation in biomass, much less is known about C depletion through decomposition of woody debris, particularly...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2014-11-01
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| Series: | Biogeosciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.biogeosciences.net/11/6417/2014/bg-11-6417-2014.pdf |