Decadal change of forest biomass carbon stocks and tree demography in the Delaware River Basin

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 374, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-10

  Xu, Bing ^a   Pan, Yude ^b   Plante, Alain F ^a   Johnson, Arthur ^a   Cole, Jason ^b   Birdsey, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon stock; Delaware River Basin; Forest biomass; Tree demography

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; HARDWOODS; LAND USE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RIVERS; WATERSHEDS;

CARBON STOCKS; DELAWARE RIVER; DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES; FOREST BIOMASS; FOREST SERVICE INVENTORIES; NORTHERN HARDWOOD FOREST; RESEARCH INITIATIVES; TREE DEMOGRAPHIES;

FORESTRY;

BETULA LENTA; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; HEXAPODA; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS MONTANA; QUERCUS VELUTINA;

EID: 84964470749     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.04.045     Document Type: Article

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