The impacts of fires and clear-cuts on the carbon balance of Russian forests

Contemporary Problems of Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 714-726

  Zamolodchikov, D G ^a,b   Grabovsky, V I ^b   Shulyak, P P ^b   Chestnykh, O V ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

carbon balance; clearcuts; deadwood; forest fires; forest reserves dynamics; litter; phytomass; remote sensing; Russian forests; soil; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON SINK; CLEARCUTTING; FOREST; FOREST FIRE; PHYTOMASS; REMOTE SENSING;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84891667508     PISSN: 19954255     EISSN: 19954263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1995425513070123     Document Type: Article

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