Changes in forest biomass carbon storage in the South Carolina Piedmont between 1936 and 2005

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 1400-1408

  Hu, Huifeng ^a   Wang, G Geoff ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Forest biomass; Forest Inventory and Analysis; Hardwood forests; Softwood forests; The South Carolina Piedmont

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; LAND USE; SOFTWOODS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FOREST BIOMASS; FOREST INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS; SOFTWOOD FORESTS; SOUTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT;

BIOMASS;

ABANDONED LAND; ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REGROWTH;

BIOMASS; CARBON; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; LAND USE; SOFTWOODS;

NORTH AMERICA; PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39749156349     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.10.064     Document Type: Article

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