Effects of harvesting intensity on carbon stocks in eastern Canadian red spruce (Picea rubens) forests: An exploratory analysis using the CBM-CFS3 simulation model

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3632-3641

  Taylor, Anthony R ^a   Wang, Jian R ^a   Kurz, Werner A ^b  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass; Canada; Carbon sequestration; Carbon storage; Clear cut; Dead organic matter; Partial cut; Red spruce

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CARBON STOCKS; CARBON STORAGE; STOCK CHANGES;

CARBON;

BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLEARCUTTING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HARVESTING; MODELING; ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CHELATION; FORESTS; HARVESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORGANIC MATTER; PICEA;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

PICEA; PICEA RUBENS;

EID: 42649126688     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.02.052     Document Type: Article

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