Has fire suppression increased the amount of carbon stored in western U.S. forests?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Fellows, Aaron W ^a   Goulden, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

FIRE-SUPPRESSION; STEM DENSITY; FIRE SUPPRESSION;

CARBON;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST FIRE; FOREST INVENTORY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 50849085784     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033965     Document Type: Article

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