Potential upper bounds of carbon stores in forests of the Pacific Northwest

Ecological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1303-1317

  Smithwick, Erica A H ^a,c   Harmon, Mark E ^a   Remillard, Suzanne M ^a   Acker, Steven A ^a,d   Franklin, Jerry F ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Carbon offsets; Carbon storage; Disturbance; Old growth forests; Pacific Northwest, USA; Sequestration

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; OLD-GROWTH FOREST;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036826043     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[1303:PUBOCS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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