Ecosystem services of boreal forests – Carbon budget mapping at high resolution

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 181, Issue , 2016, Pages 498-514

  Akujärvi, Anu ^a,b   Lehtonen, Aleksi ^c   Liski, Jari ^a  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Carbon stock; Ecosystem services; Forest management; Mapping; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; MAPPING;

BOREAL FORESTS; CARBON STOCKS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FOREST CARBON BUDGETS; FORESTED LANDSCAPES; HIGH RESOLUTION; LAND COVER; SIMPLE++; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TIMBER PRODUCTION;

FORESTRY;

CARBON; SOIL;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON BUDGET; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND COVER; MAPPING; PATCH SIZE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MEASUREMENT; SIMULATION; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TAIGA; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FINLAND; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOIL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

FINLAND;

BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FINLAND; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOIL; TAIGA;

EID: 84978062714     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.06.066     Document Type: Article

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