Carbon pools of managed and unmanaged stands of ponderosa and lodgepole pine forests in Wyoming

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1893-1900

  Chatterjee, A ^a   Vance, G F ^b   Tinker, D B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON POOL; DOUGLAS; FOREST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; FOREST STAND; FOREST TYPE; LATIFOLIA; LODGEPOLE PINE; LODGEPOLE PINE FORESTS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS PONDEROSA; PONDEROSA PINES; STUDY SITES; TIMBER HARVESTING; TOTAL ECOSYSTEM C; TREE BIOMASS; UNEVEN-AGED; WYOMING;

BIOMASS; HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY);

LAKES;

BIOMASS; CARBON FLUX; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; TIMBER HARVESTING;

BIOMASS; CARBON; FORESTS; HARVESTING; LAKES; LOGGING; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS PONDEROSA; WYOMING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 70350164776     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-112     Document Type: Article

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