Potential for additional carbon sequestration through regeneration of nonstocked forest land in the United States

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 309-318

  Sample, V Alaric ^a,b  

^a Pinchot Institute for Conservation   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change mitigation; Climate policy; Forest carbon; Forest regeneration; Reforestation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; PRODUCTIVITY;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; CLIMATE POLICY; FOREST CARBONS; FOREST INVENTORY DATA; FOREST REGENERATION; HUMAN DISTURBANCES; TERRESTRIAL SEQUESTRATION;

REFORESTATION;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST INVENTORY; REFORESTATION; REGENERATION;

CARBON; CHELATION; INVENTORIES; REFORESTATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85022175625     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: 19383746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/jof.2016-005     Document Type: Article

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