Longer growing seasons lead to less carbon sequestration by a subalpine forest

As global temperatures increase, the potential for longer growing seasons to enhance the terrestrial carbon sink has been proposed as a mechanism to reduce the rate of further warming. At the Niwot Ridge AmeriFlux site, a subalpine forest in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, we used a 9-year record (199...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Global change biology Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 771 - 783
Main Authors:	HU, JIA, MOORE, DAVID J.P, BURNS, SEAN P, MONSON, RUSSELL K
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd Wiley-Blackwell
Subjects:	Abies lasiocarpa Biological and medical sciences carbon Carbon dioxide Carbon sequestration Carbon sinks Climate change Climate change models Climatology. Bioclimatology. Climate change Colorado Coniferous trees Dominant species Earth, ocean, space Ecosystem models Ecosystem studies Ecosystems eddy covariance Exact sciences and technology External geophysics Forestry Forests Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General forest ecology Generalities. Production, biomass. Quality of wood and forest products. General forest ecology Global temperatures Global warming Growing season growing season length hydrogen Hydrogen isotopes isotope isotopes melting Meltwater Meteorology Mountain ecosystems Mountains net ecosystem productivity Picea engelmannii Pine trees Pinus contorta var. latifolia Plant species primary productivity Rain Rocky Mountain region SIPNET snow Snow-water equivalent Snowmelt Snowpack Spring subalpine forest temperature trees Winter xylem Rocky Mountains Colorado Rocky Mountain region North America, Rocky Mts USA, Colorado Productivity Forests Primary productivity Growing season Biogeochemical cycle isotope net ecosystem productivity Picea engelmannii Carbon sequestration SIPNET Dynamical climatology Carbon cycle Subalpine forests Climate change growing season length Ecosystem Global change Gymnospermae Coniferales Spermatophyta Isotopes subalpine forest
ISSN:	1354-1013, 1365-2486
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Be the first to leave a comment!