Articles | Volume 13, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-2367-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-2367-2016
Research article
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22 Apr 2016
Research article |  | 22 Apr 2016

Effects of management thinning on CO2 exchange by a plantation oak woodland in south-eastern England

Matthew Wilkinson, Peter Crow, Edward L. Eaton, and James I. L. Morison

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We measured the exchange of carbon between the atmosphere and a managed oak plantation in the south-east of England for several years before and after a management thinning took place. We also measured changes in the structure of the forest canopy using aerial light detection and ranging (lidar). Whilst management thinning had a large discernible effect on the canopy structure, for example increasing canopy complexity, the effects of thinning on the carbon balance were not as evident.
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