Forest carbon in Italian forests: Stocks, inherent variability and predictability using NFI data

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 337, Issue , 2015, Pages 186-195

  Gasparini, Patrizia ^a   Di Cosmo, Lucio ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon stock; Carbon stock variability; Forest carbon; Forest categories; Forest inventories; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; DIGITAL STORAGE; LAKES; ORGANIC CARBON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS;

CARBON STOCKS; FOREST CARBONS; FOREST CATEGORIES; FOREST INVENTORY; SOIL CARBON;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; CARBON BALANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY; PREDICTION; SOIL CARBON; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CARBON; CORRELATION; SOIL;

ITALY;

EID: 84916613020     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.11.012     Document Type: Article

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