Simulating the effects of harvest and biofuel production on the forest system carbon balance of the Midwest, USA

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 431-444

  Peckham, Scott D ^a,b   Gower, Stith T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Biomass harvesting; Biome BGC; Carbon; Carbon balance; Carbon budget; Ecosystem modeling; Forest harvest; Great Lakes; Temperate forest

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEMS; FEEDSTOCKS; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GASES; HARVESTING; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; VEGETATION; WOOD;

BIOMASS HARVESTING; BIOME-BGC; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON BUDGETS; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; FOREST HARVEST; GREAT LAKES; TEMPERATE FORESTS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84878737304     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12033     Document Type: Article

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