Quantifying carbon stores and decomposition in dead wood: A review

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages 107-128

  Russell, Matthew B ^a   Fraver, Shawn ^b   Aakala, Tuomas ^c   Gove, Jeffrey H ^d   Woodall, Christopher W ^d   D'Amato, Anthony W ^e   Ducey, Mark J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon flux; Coarse woody debris; Downed dead wood; Forest fuels; Forest inventory; Standing dead trees

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON; DEBRIS; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; WOOD; WOOD FUELS;

CARBON FLUXES; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DOWNED DEAD WOOD; FOREST FUEL; FOREST INVENTORY; STANDING DEAD TREES;

FORESTRY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS POWER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DEAD WOOD; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY MODELING; LITERATURE REVIEW; TEMPERATE FOREST; WOODY DEBRIS;

EID: 84939417597     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.04.033     Document Type: Review

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