Temporal carbon dynamics over the rotation period of two alternative management systems in Mediterranean mountain Scots pine forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 348, Issue , 2015, Pages 186-195

  Moreno Fernández, Daniel ^a,b   Díaz Pinés, Eugenio ^c   Barbeito, Ignacio ^d   Sánchez González, Mariola ^a,b   Montes, Fernando ^a   Rubio, Agustín ^e   Cañellas, Isabel ^a,b  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d LERFoB   (France)

^e UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptive forest management; Carbon stocks; Climate change; Silviculture

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOORS; GLOBAL WARMING; ORGANIC CARBON; ROTATION; SOILS;

ALTERNATIVE MANAGEMENT; CARBON STOCKS; INTENSIVE MANAGEMENT; INTENSIVELY MANAGED FORESTS; MEDITERRANEAN FOREST; MEDITERRANEAN MOUNTAINS; SILVICULTURE; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

FORESTRY;

CARBON FIXATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MONTANE FOREST; ROTATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SILVICULTURE;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84928267494     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.03.043     Document Type: Article

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