Evaluating the connections between carbon abundance and persistence across a continental climate gradient
Katherine A Heckman1, Maggie Mae Bowman2, Adrian Gallo3, Jeff A Hatten3, Lucas E Nave4, Angela Ruth Possinger5, Michael SanClements6, Tyler Weiglein7 and Brian D Strahm8, (1)USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Houghton, MI, United States, (2)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (3)Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States, (4)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (5)Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States, (6)National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), Battelle, Boulder, United States, (7)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (8)Virginia Tech, Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Blacksburg, VA, United States