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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Main Authors: E.-D. Schulze, C. Wirth, D. Mollicone, N. von Lüpke, W. Ziegler, F. Achard, M. Mund, A. Prokushkin, S. Scherbina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2012-04-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/9/1405/2012/bg-9-1405-2012.pdf