Carbon sequestration by forests and soils on mined land in the Midwestern and Appalachian coalfields of the U.S.

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1949-1959

  Amichev, Beyhan Y ^a   Burger, James A ^b   Rodrigue, Jason A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry of C; Coal mining; Forest productivity; Mine soils; Site quality; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; EMISSION CONTROL; FIRE HAZARDS; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; LAND RECLAMATION; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; ORGANIC CARBON; SOILS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

ATMOSPHERIC CO; C SEQUESTRATIONS; CARBON SEQUESTRATIONS; COAL MINING; COALFIELDS; FOREST DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; FOREST PRODUCTIVITY; FOREST SITES; GREAT-ER; HARDWOOD STANDS; HIGH QUALITIES; KYOTO PROTOCOLS; LOW QUALITIES; MINE SOILS; RESPONSE SURFACE MODELS; SITE QUALITIES; SITE QUALITY; STAND AGES; SURFACE MINING CONTROLS;

MINING;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COAL MINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; KYOTO PROTOCOL; LEAF LITTER; MIXED FOREST; RECLAIMED LAND; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; COAL; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; MAGNESIUM; MINING; PLATES; PRINTING; SOIL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54449099589     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.07.020     Document Type: Article

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