Comparison of carbon balances between continuous-cover and clear-cut forestry in Sweden

Ambio

Volumn 45, Issue , 2016, Pages 203-213

  Lundmark, Tomas ^a   Bergh, Johan ^b   Nordin, Annika ^a   Fahlvik, Nils ^a   Poudel, Bishnu Chandra ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Boreal; Climate change mitigation; Substitution

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON BALANCE; CLEARCUTTING; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST COVER; GROWTH RESPONSE; LAND USE PLANNING; SILVICULTURE;

SWEDEN;

PICEA ABIES;

CARBON;

BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORESTRY; PROCEDURES; SWEDEN; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOMASS; CARBON; FORESTRY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 84953398343     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: 16547209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-015-0756-3     Document Type: Article

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