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The human footprint in the carbon cycle of temperate and boreal forests
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Magnani, F (author)
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Mencuccini, M (author)
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Borghetti, M (author)
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Berbigier, P (author)
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Berninger, F (author)
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Delzon, D (author)
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Grelle, A (author)
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Hari, P (author)
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Jarvis, PG (author)
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Kolari, P (author)
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Kowalski, AS (author)
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- Lankreijer, Harry (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap,Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten,Dept of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science,Faculty of Science
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Law, BE (author)
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- Lindroth, Anders (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap,Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten,Dept of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science,Faculty of Science
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Loustau, D (author)
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Mancal, G (author)
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Moncrieff, JB (author)
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Rayment, M (author)
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Tedeschi, V (author)
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Valentini, R (author)
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Grace, J (author)
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- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2007
- 2007
- English.
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In: Nature Photonics. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1749-4885. ; 447, s. 848-850
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- Temperate and boreal forests in the Northern Hemisphere cover an area of about 2 times 107 square kilometres and act as a substantial carbon sink (0.6–0.7 petagrams of carbon per year)1. Although forest expansion following agricultural abandonment is certainly responsible for an important fraction of this carbon sink activity, the additional effects on the carbon balance of established forests of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide, increasing temperatures, changes in management practices and nitrogen deposition are difficult to disentangle, despite an extensive network of measurement stations2, 3. The relevance of this measurement effort has also been questioned4, because spot measurements fail to take into account the role of disturbances, either natural (fire, pests, windstorms) or anthropogenic (forest harvesting). Here we show that the temporal dynamics following stand-replacing disturbances do indeed account for a very large fraction of the overall variability in forest carbon sequestration. After the confounding effects of disturbance have been factored out, however, forest net carbon sequestration is found to be overwhelmingly driven by nitrogen deposition, largely the result of anthropogenic activities5. The effect is always positive over the range of nitrogen deposition covered by currently available data sets, casting doubts on the risk of widespread ecosystem nitrogen saturation6 under natural conditions. The results demonstrate that mankind is ultimately controlling the carbon balance of temperate and boreal forests, either directly (through forest management) or indirectly (through nitrogen deposition).
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Naturgeografi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Physical Geography (hsv//eng)
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Magnani, F
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Mencuccini, M
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Borghetti, M
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Berbigier, P
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Berninger, F
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Delzon, D
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Grelle, A
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Hari, P
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Jarvis, PG
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Kolari, P
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Kowalski, AS
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Lankreijer, Harr ...
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Law, BE
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Lindroth, Anders
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Loustau, D
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Mancal, G
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Moncrieff, JB
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Rayment, M
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Tedeschi, V
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Valentini, R
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Grace, J
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