Benchmark carbon stocks from old-growth forests in northern New England, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 266, Issue , 2012, Pages 108-114

  Hoover, Coeli M ^a   Leak, William B ^a   Keel, Brian G ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest carbon stocks; Old growth forests; Second growth forests

Indexed keywords

CARBON POOL; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STOCKS; CARBON STORAGE; DOWN DEAD WOOD; FOREST FLOORS; FOREST TYPE; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; HARDWOOD STANDS; NEW ENGLAND; NEW ENGLAND , USA; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NORTHERN HARDWOODS; OLD-GROWTH; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; OLD-GROWTH STANDS; SECOND-GROWTH FORESTS; SITE CONDITIONS; TOTAL CARBON; TREE BIOMASS; UPPER LIMITS; VERMONT;

BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOLOGY; ESTIMATION; FLOORS; HARDWOODS; SOFTWOODS;

FORESTRY;

BENCHMARKING; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL CHANGE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PHYTOMASS;

BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOLOGY; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; FORESTS; GROWTH; HARDWOODS; NEW ENGLAND; SOFTWOODS;

MAINE; NEW HAMPSHIRE; UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

EID: 82255161819     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.11.010     Document Type: Article

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