Long-term management impacts on carbon storage in Lake States forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 424-431

  Powers, Matthew ^a,b   Kolka, Randall ^a   Palik, Brian ^a   McDonald, Rachel ^b   Jurgensen, Martin ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon storage; Long term studies; Northern hardwoods; Red pine; Silviculture

Indexed keywords

CARBON STORAGE; LONG-TERM STUDIES; NORTHERN HARDWOODS; RED PINE; SILVICULTURE;

ECOSYSTEMS; HARDWOODS; LAKES; MANAGEMENT; PLANT EXTRACTS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

FORESTRY;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DIAMETER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SILVICULTURE; SOIL CARBON; THINNING; UNDERSTORY;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; EXTRACTIVES; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; LAKES; PLANTS; STORAGE; WOOD PRODUCTS;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

PINUS RESINOSA;

EID: 79958076323     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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