Factors promoting larch dominance in central Siberia: fire versus growth performance and implications for carbon dynamics at the boundary of evergreen and deciduous conifers
The relative role of fire and of climate in determining canopy species composition and aboveground carbon stocks were investigated. Measurements were made along a transect extending from the dark taiga zone of central Siberia, where <i>Picea</i> and <i>Abies...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2012-04-01
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Series: | Biogeosciences |
Online Access: | http://www.biogeosciences.net/9/1405/2012/bg-9-1405-2012.pdf |