Accounting for density reduction and structural loss in standing dead trees: Implications for forest biomass and carbon stock estimates in the United States

Carbon Balance and Management

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Domke, Grant M ^a   Woodall, Christopher W ^a   Smith, James E ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon accounting; Dead wood; Forest inventory; Greenhouse gas; Snag; Standing dead

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEAD WOOD; DECIDUOUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY; GREENHOUSE GAS; PHYTOMASS; POPULATION DENSITY; SNAG; STAND STRUCTURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES;

POPULUS TREMULOIDES; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 82055181774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17500680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1750-0680-6-14     Document Type: Article

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