Net carbon fluxes at stand and landscape scales from wood bioenergy harvests in the US Northeast

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 438-454

  Mika, Anna M ^a   Keeton, William S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; C flux; Carbon neutral; Fossil fuel offsets; Landscape analysis; Northern hardwoods; Whole tree harvest

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIGITAL STORAGE; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; REFORESTATION; WOOD; WOOD FUELS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

BIO-ENERGY; CARBON NEUTRALS; LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS; NORTHERN HARDWOODS; WHOLE-TREE HARVEST;

BIOMASS;

BIOENERGY; CARBON FLUX; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE; FOREST INVENTORY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; STAND STRUCTURE; TIMBER HARVESTING; WOOD;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84927693869     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12143     Document Type: Article

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