Post-fire salvage logging reduces carbon sequestration in Mediterranean coniferous forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2287-2296

  Serrano Ortiz, P ^a,b   Maranon Jimenez S ^c   Reverter, B R ^b,c   Sanchez Canete E P ^a,b   Castro, J ^c   Zamora, R ^c   Kowalski, A S ^b,c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b Centro Andaluz de Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Burnt wood management; Eddy covariance; Forest carbon balance; Photosynthesis; Respiration; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

BURNT WOOD; EDDY COVARIANCE; FOREST CARBON BALANCE; RESPIRATION; WILDFIRE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEBRIS; ECOSYSTEMS; EMISSION CONTROL; FIRES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY; WOOD;

REFORESTATION;

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CONIFEROUS FOREST; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST COVER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; GROWING SEASON; KYOTO PROTOCOL; LOGGING (TIMBER); MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REGENERATION; SILVICULTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; WILDFIRE;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATES; ECOSYSTEMS; FIBER DEBRIS; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; RESPIRATION; WATER SUPPLY; WOOD;

EID: 80055018786     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.08.023     Document Type: Article

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