Carbon stocks across a chronosequence of thinned and unmanaged red pine (Pinus resinosa) stands

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1297-1307

  Powers, Matthew D ^a,b   Kolka, Randall K ^a   Bradford, John B ^a,c   Palik, Brian J ^a   Fraver, Shawn ^a   Jurgensen, Martin F ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dynamics; Carbon storage; Chippewa National Forest, Minnesota, USA; Forest management; Pinus resinosa; Red pine; Stand age; Thinning

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; STAND STRUCTURE; THINNING; UNDERSTORY;

ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; SOIL; TIME; TREE; UNITED STATES;

CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; MINNESOTA; PINUS; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

CHIPPEWA NATIONAL FOREST; MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS RESINOSA;

EID: 84862991611     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0411.1     Document Type: Article

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