Estimation of aboveground forest carbon flux in Oregon: Adding components of change to stock-difference assessments

Forest Science

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 317-326

  Gray, Andrew N ^a   Whittier, Thomas R ^b   Azuma, David L ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon accounting; Disturbance; Forest inventory; Land use change; Management

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; MANAGEMENT; MEASUREMENTS;

CARBON ACCOUNTING; DISTURBANCE; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FOREST CARBON FLUXES; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS; LAND-USE CHANGE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES;

FORESTRY;

ACCOUNTING; CARBON; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; LAND USE; MANAGEMENT; MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84897561194     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/forsci.12-139     Document Type: Article

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