Factors affecting the uncertainty of sinks and stocks of carbon in Finnish forests soils and vegetation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 232, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 75-85

  Peltoniemi, Mikko ^a   Palosuo, Taru ^b   Monni, Suvi ^c   Mäkipää, Raisa ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Forest inventory; Greenhouse gas; IPCC guidance; Monte Carlo; Soil carbon; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; DECOMPOSITION; DRAINAGE; ECOSYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; VEGETATION;

FOREST INVENTORY; IPCC GUIDANCE; MONTE CARLO; SOIL CARBON; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

CARBON BUDGET; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST SOIL; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

BIOMASS; CARBON; DRAINAGE; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33746306711     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.05.045     Document Type: Article

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