The effects of forest harvest intensity in combination with wind disturbance on carbon dynamics in Lake States Mesic Forests

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 144-153

  Scheller, Robert M ^a   Hua, Dong ^b   Bolstad, Paul V ^b   Birdsey, Richard A ^c   Mladenoff, David J ^d  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c US Forest Service   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; CENTURY soil model; Disturbance interactions; Forest harvesting; Harvest intensity; LANDIS II; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CENTURY SOIL MODEL; DISTURBANCE INTERACTIONS; FOREST HARVESTING; HARVEST INTENSITY; LANDIS-II; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

BIOFUELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; FORESTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; ORGANIC CARBON; SOILS;

HARVESTING;

BIOFUEL; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DETRITUS; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOIL; HARVESTING; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MODEL VALIDATION; ORGANIC SOIL; PARAMETERIZATION; SOIL CARBON; SUCCESSION; WIND VELOCITY;

CARBON; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HARVESTING; SATELLITES; SIMULATION; SOIL;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

CONIUM; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 78049479216     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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