Forest carbon stocks in newfoundland boreal forests of harvest and natural disturbance origin II: Model evaluation

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2146-2163

  Moroni, M T ^a,d   Shaw, C H ^b   Kurz, W A ^c   Rampley, G J ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIES BALSAMEA; ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; BALSAM FIR; BLACK SPRUCE; BOREAL FORESTS; CANADIAN FORESTS; CARBON BUDGETS; CARBON STOCKS; CBM-CFS3; CHANGE PREDICTION; CORE MODEL; DECAY RATE; DEFAULT PARAMETERS; FIELD DATA; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; INTERNATIONAL REPORTING; MODEL ACCURACY; MODEL EVALUATION; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODEL PREDICTION; NATIONAL FORESTS; NATURAL DISTURBANCE; NEWFOUNDLAND , CANADA; NEWFOUNDLANDS; ORGANIC MATTER; PICEA MARIANA; REPORTING SYSTEMS; SCALE ESTIMATION; TOTAL ECOSYSTEM C; WOODY DEBRIS;

DEBRIS; DECAY (ORGANIC); ECOSYSTEMS; FORECASTING; FORESTRY; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAKES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

BOREAL FOREST; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE GAS; HARVESTING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; SNAG; SOIL CARBON; WOODY DEBRIS;

ABIES BALSAMEA; CANADA; CARBON; DECAY; ECOSYSTEMS; EMISSION; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GASES; ORGANIC MATTER; PICEA MARIANA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 78449261060     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X10-155     Document Type: Article

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