Journal article
Influence of site index on the relationship between forest net primary productivity and stand age
Abstract
Previous studies show that forest net primary productivity (NPP) varies pronouncedly with stand age, and these variations play a crucial role in determining forest carbon sinks or sources at regional scales. Some forest carbon cycling models, eg. InTEC (The integrated terrestrial ecosystem C-budget model), calculates annual forest NPP in the long term according to normalized NPP-age relationships and the reference forest NPP at a given age. …
Authors
Yu Y; Chen JM; Yang X; Fan W; Li M; He L
Journal
PLOS ONE, Vol. 12, No. 5,
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0177084
ISSN
1932-6203