Woody Debris Volume Depletion Through Decay: Implications for Biomass and Carbon Accounting

Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1262-1272

  Fraver, Shawn ^a   Milo, Amy M ^b   Bradford, John B ^c   D'Amato, Anthony W ^a   Kenefic, Laura ^d   Palik, Brian J ^e   Woodall, Christopher W ^e   Brissette, John ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Northern Research Station   (United States)

^e USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^f USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon cycle; coarse woody debris; deadwood; decay constant; decay rate; decomposition; forest biomass; forest dynamics; forest fuels; habitat structure

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST; FOREST DYNAMICS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; WOOD;

EID: 84885222433     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-013-9682-z     Document Type: Article

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