Rehabilitation forestry and carbon market access on high-graded northern hardwood forests

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 614-627

  Russell Roy, Emily T ^a   Keeton, William S ^a   Pontius, Jennifer A ^a,b   Kerchner, Charles D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon markets; Forest carbon; High graded timberlands; Rehabilitation silviculture; Restoration

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMMERCE; GRADING; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; RESTORATION; TIMBER;

CARBON MARKETS; FOREST CARBONS; FOREST VEGETATION SIMULATOR; HIGH-GRADED TIMBERLANDS; INTENSIVE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS; NET PRESENT VALUE; NORTHERN HARDWOOD FOREST;

FORESTRY;

CARBON; COMMERCE; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; RESTORATION;

EID: 84901355440     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2013-0437     Document Type: Article

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