Reconstructed forest age structure in Europe 1950-2010

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 286, Issue , 2012, Pages 203-218

  Vilen T ^a   Gunia, K ^a   Verkerk, P J ^a   Seidl, R ^b   Schelhaas, M J ^c   Lindner, M ^a   Bellassen, V ^d  

^a EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon sink; Climate change; European forests; Forest age structure; Forest management

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURES; BACKCASTING; CARBON EXCHANGE; CARBON SINK; DYNAMIC MAPS; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; EUROPEAN FORESTS; EUROPEAN LEVELS; FOREST AGE; FOREST AREA; GROWING STOCKS; MEAN AGES; SUSTAINABLE HARVESTING; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GASES; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

FORESTRY;

AGE CLASS; AGE STRUCTURE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HARVESTING; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RECONSTRUCTION; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CARBON; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FORESTS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MANAGEMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 84867761856     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.08.048     Document Type: Article

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