Effects of partial harvest on the carbon stores in douglas-fir/western hemlock forests: A simulation study

Ecosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 777-791

  Harmon, Mark E ^a   Moreno, Adam ^a   Domingo, James B ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon management and dynamics; Carbon sequestration; Disturbance; Forest products; Pacific Northwest; Simulation modeling

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST PRODUCT; HARVESTING;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

CONIUM;

EID: 68149123669     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-009-9256-2     Document Type: Article

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