Effects of stump extraction on the carbon sequestration in Norway spruce forest ecosystems under varying thinning regimes with implications for fossil fuel substitution

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 445-458

  Alam, Ashraful ^a   Kellomäki, Seppo ^a   Kilpeläinen, Antti ^b   Strandman, Harri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Carbon stock; Climatic impact; Life cycle assessment; Stump harvest; Substitution; Thinning regime

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON CAPTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COAL STORAGE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; EXTRACTION; FOSSIL FUELS; LIFE CYCLE; PLANTS (BOTANY); ROTATION; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STOCKS; CLIMATIC IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); THINNING REGIMES;

FORESTRY;

MYRTILLUS; OXALIS; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84878716377     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12010     Document Type: Article

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