Longleaf pine: A sustainable approach for increasing terrestrial carbon in the Southern United States

Environmental Management

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Kush, John S ^a   Meldahl, Ralph S ^a   Mcmahon, Charles K ^b   Boyer, William D ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Carbon sink; Carbon storage; Longleaf pine; Pinus palustris; Us southern forests

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GROWTH KINETICS; LAND USE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CARBON SINK; CARBON STORAGE; LONGLEAF PINE; US SOUTHERN FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

CARBON;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FOREST; REFORESTATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

AFFORESTATION; CARBON STORAGE; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM REGENERATION; FIBER; FOREST; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INSECT; PINE; REFORESTATION; REVIEW; ROTATION; SPECIES HABITAT; UNITED STATES;

CARBON; CLIMATES; DISEASES; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PINUS ECHINATA; PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 27544439147     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-003-9124-3     Document Type: Review

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