Carbon outcomes from fuels treatment and bioenergy production in a Sierra Nevada forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 282, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-9

  Winford, Eric M ^a   Gaither, James C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Carbon; Forest management; Fuels treatments; Life cycle analysis; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; BIO-ENERGY; CALIFORNIA , USA; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON EMISSIONS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STOCKS; CONIFER FORESTS; FUELS TREATMENT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE APPROACH; MECHANICAL TREATMENTS; REDUCTION TREATMENT; SHORT ROTATION; SIERRA NEVADA; TOTAL EMISSIONS; WILDFIRE; WOODY BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; FIRES; FORESTRY; FUELS; LIFE CYCLE; ROTATION;

CARBON;

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DATA SET; DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUEL; HARVESTING; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; WILDFIRE;

BIOMASS; CARBON; FOREST FIRES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FUELS; LIFE CYCLE; ROTATION;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 84864044292     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.06.025     Document Type: Article

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