Controls of forest age and ecological memory effects on biosphere-atmosphere CO2 exchange

Abstract

Chapter 1 General introduction Chapter 2 Quantifying the effect of forest age in annual net forest carbon balance 13 Chapter 3 The global forest carbon balance inferred from flux towers and forest age Chapter 4 Memory effects of climate and vegetation affecting net ecosystem CO 2 fluxes in global forests Chapter 5 Dynamic and lag effects of climate and vegetation on biosphereatmosphere CO 2 exchange: a global analysis