articleJournal of Geophysical Research AtmospheresOct 26, 2010BRONZE OA

Ecosystem carbon dioxide fluxes after disturbance in forests of North America

BDB. D. AmiroABAlan BarrJGJordan G. BarrTAT. Andrew BlackRBRosvel Bracho

University of Manitoba · Environment and Climate Change Canada · +17 more institutions

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Abstract

Disturbances are important for renewal of North American forests. Here we summarize more than 180 site years of eddy covariance measurements of carbon dioxide flux made at forest chronosequences in North America. The disturbances included stand‐replacing fire (Alaska, Arizona, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan) and harvest (British Columbia, Florida, New Brunswick, Oregon, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and Wisconsin) events, insect infestations (gypsy moth, forest tent caterpillar, and mountain pine beetle), Hurricane Wilma, and silvicultural thinning (Arizona, California, and New Brunswick). Net ecosystem production (NEP) showed a carbon loss from all ecosystems following a stand‐replacing disturbance, becoming a carbon…

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  • Ecosystem
  • Eddy covariance
  • Ecosystem respiration
  • Environmental science
  • Taiga
  • Carbon sink
  • Boreal
  • Temperate rainforest
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Life in Land
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