Fire, thinning, and the carbon economy: Effects of fire and fire surrogate treatments on estimated carbon storage and sequestration rate

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 3081-3097

  Boerner, Ralph E J ^a   Huang, Jianjun ^a   Hart, Stephen C ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon budget; Fire surrogates; Mechanical treatment; Prescribed fire

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; VEGETATION;

CARBON BUDGET; FIRE SURROGATES; PRESCRIBED FIRE;

FIRE HAZARDS;

CARBON BUDGET; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST FIRE; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MIXED FOREST; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; THINNING; VEGETATION;

ECOSYSTEMS; FIRE PREVENTION; FOREST FIRES; HARVESTING; PLANTS;

EID: 43049125785     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.11.021     Document Type: Article

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