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dc.contributor.advisorChen, Han
dc.contributor.authorGao, Bilei
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-20T19:43:51Z
dc.date.available2018-06-20T19:43:51Z
dc.date.created2018
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.urihttp://knowledgecommons.lakeheadu.ca/handle/2453/4201
dc.description.abstractThe boreal forest plays a critical role in regulating the global carbon (C) cycle. Both wildfire and harvesting affect ecosystem C. However, the long-term recovery of forest C storage with a diverse range of overstory composition following wildfire remains unclear. The uncertainties associated with long-term C storage dynamics include accurate C concentration data of woody tissues and total ecosystem C inventory, particularly for stands older than the longevity of the pioneer cohort. Moreover, despite major advances demonstrating positive relationships between species diversity and forest productivity at the community level, little is known about the responses of individual tree growth to species diversity in relation to succession, tree size, and disturbance origin. The objective of this dissertation is to improve the understanding of long-term C storage dynamics following fire and the relationship between species diversity and tree growth in relation to forest succession, size, and disturbance origin.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectBoreal foresten_US
dc.subjectTree growthen_US
dc.subjectBiomass carbonen_US
dc.subjectDeadwood carbonen_US
dc.subjectCarbon dynamicsen_US
dc.titleCarbon storage dynamics and tree growth response to species diversity in boreal forestsen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US
etd.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US
etd.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
etd.degree.disciplineNatural Resources Managementen_US
etd.degree.grantorLakehead Universityen_US
dc.contributor.committeememberWang, Jian
dc.contributor.committeememberTaylor, Anthony


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