Carbon balance on federal forest lands of Western Oregon and Washington: The impact of the Northwest Forest Plan

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 286, Issue , 2012, Pages 171-182

  Krankina, Olga N ^a   Harmon, Mark E ^a   Schnekenburger, Frank ^a   Sierra, Carlos A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest management; Landscape carbon stores; Old growth conservation; Pacific Northwest; Timber harvest

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MANAGEMENT; ANNUAL RATES; C-STORE; CARBON BALANCE; FOREST LAND; HARVESTED WOOD PRODUCTS; LANDSCAPE CARBON STORES; LONG LASTING; LOW LEVEL; MANAGED FOREST; MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS; NORTHWEST FOREST PLAN; OLD-GROWTH; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; PROJECTION PERIOD; SIMULATION MODEL; TIMBER HARVESTS; WASHINGTON;

CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HARVESTING; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

CARBON BALANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; TIMBER HARVESTING;

CARBON; CONSERVATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HARVESTING; SIMULATION;

OREGON; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 84867354035     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.08.028     Document Type: Article

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