Assessing Double Counting of Carbon Emissions Between Forest Land-Cover Change and Forest Wildfires: A Case Study in the United States, 1992-2006

Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 310-322

  Zheng, Daolan ^a   Heath, Linda S ^b   Ducey, Mark J ^a   Quayle, Brad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

burn severity; carbon double counting; disturbance; forest fire carbon emission; land cover change; relative contribution

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARBON EMISSION; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST FIRE; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; WILDFIRE;

ARKANSAS; CALIFORNIA; MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 84874568550     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-012-9616-1     Document Type: Article

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