Potential carbon stock in Japanese forest soils - simulated impact of forest management and climate change using the CENTURY model

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-53

  Hashimoto, S ^a,b   Ugawa, S ^a   Morisada, K ^a   Wattenbach, M ^b,c   Smith, P ^b   Matsuura, Y ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Forest management; Forest soil; Kyoto protocol; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATABASE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST SOIL; KYOTO PROTOCOL; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; THINNING;

JAPAN;

EID: 84857994322     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2011.00372.x     Document Type: Article

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