Net ecosystem productivity of temperate and boreal forests after clearcutting—a Fluxnet-Canada measurement and modelling synthesis

R. F. Grant; A. G. Barr; T. A. Black; H. A. Margolis; J. H. McCaughey; J. A. Trofymow

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2010.00500.x

Net ecosystem productivity of temperate and boreal forests after clearcutting—a Fluxnet-Canada measurement and modelling synthesis

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 62 (2010): Issue 5

By: R. F. Grant, A. G. Barr, T. A. Black, H. A. Margolis, J. H. McCaughey and J. A. Trofymow

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