Forest carbon stocks in newfoundland boreal forests of harvest and natural disturbance origin I: Field study

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2135-2145

  Moroni, M T ^a,d   Shaw, C H ^b   Otahal, P ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALSAM FIR; BLACK SPRUCE; BOREAL FORESTS; BURIED WOODS; CARBON STOCKS; CHRONOSEQUENCES; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; DEAD TREES; DISTURBANCE HISTORY; FIELD STUDIES; FIRE ORIGIN; FOREST AGE; LOW LEVEL; MINERAL SOILS; NATURAL DISTURBANCE; NEWFOUNDLANDS; ORGANIC SOIL; PICEA MARIANA; WOODY DEBRIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEBRIS; HARVESTING; LAKES; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS;

REFORESTATION;

BOREAL FOREST; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FIELDWORK; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HARVESTING; REGENERATION; SNAG; SOIL CARBON; THINNING; WOODY DEBRIS;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; HEXAPODA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 78449231431     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X10-154     Document Type: Article

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