Carbon stocks in managed and unmanaged old-growth western redcedar and western hemlock stands of Canada's inland temperate rainforests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 297, Issue , 2013, Pages 108-119

  Matsuzaki, Eiji ^a   Sanborn, Paul ^a,b   Fredeen, Arthur L ^a,b   Shaw, Cindy H ^c   Hawkins, Chris ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d YUKON COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon; Forest management; Inland temperate rainforest; Old growth

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRIC EQUATIONS; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; HARVESTING IMPACTS; OLD-GROWTH; OLD-GROWTH STANDS; SILVICULTURAL SYSTEM; TEMPERATE RAINFOREST; TOTAL UNCERTAINTIES;

CARBON; HARVESTING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

CLEARCUTTING; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RAINFOREST; SILVICULTURE; STAND STRUCTURE;

CARBON; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; HARVESTING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

CONIUM; THUJA PLICATA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 84876317644     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.11.042     Document Type: Article

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