Integrating products, emission offsets, and wildfire into carbon assessments of inland northwest forests

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 42, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 144-164

  Oneil, Elaine E ^a   Lippke, Bruce R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest; Fossil fuel displacement; Inland Northwest; LCA; LCI; Wildfire risk reduction; Wood product substitution

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; AVOIDED EMISSIONS; CARBON INVENTORIES; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STOCKS; CARBON STORAGE; DISPLACEMENT VALUE; EMISSION OFFSETS; FIRE RATE; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCES; IN-BUILDINGS; INLAND NORTHWEST; INSECT OUTBREAKS; LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; MONTANA; NATIONAL FORESTS; PRIVATE FORESTS; RISK REDUCTIONS; WASHINGTON; WOODY BIOMASS;

FIRES; FOSSIL FUELS; LIFE CYCLE; WOOD PRODUCTS;

FORESTRY;

BUILDINGS; CARBON; CHELATION; EMISSION; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; FORESTS; FOSSIL FUELS; LIFE CYCLE; WOOD PRODUCTS;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 77950266132     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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