Modeling the effects of forest management on in situ and ex situ longleaf pine forest carbon stocks

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 355, Issue , 2015, Pages 24-36

  Gonzalez Benecke, C A ^a   Samuelson, L J ^b   Martin, T A ^c   Cropper, W P ^c   Johnsen, K H ^d   Stokes, T A ^b   Butnor, J R ^e   Anderson, P H ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Carbon stock modeling; Pinus palustris plantations; Prescribed burning; Silviculture

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOMETRICS; BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON; DECAY (ORGANIC); LAKES; ROTATION;

BIOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS; CARBON STOCKS; GROWTH AND YIELD MODELS; LONGLEAF PINE MANAGEMENTS; PINUS PALUSTRIS; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SILVICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; SILVICULTURE;

FORESTRY;

CARBON BUDGET; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST PRODUCT; GROWTH RATE; SILVICULTURE; THINNING;

UNITED STATES;

PINUS ELLIOTTII; PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 84953358082     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.02.029     Document Type: Article

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