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Complex forest dynamics indicate potential for slowing carbon accumulation in the southeastern United States [1]

Over the past century forest regrowth in Europe and North America expanded forest carbon (C) sinks and offset C emissions but future C accumulation is uncertain. Policy makers need insights into forest C dynamics as they anticipate emissions futures and goals. We used land use and forest inventory data to estimate how forest C dynamics have changed in the southeastern United States and attribute changes to land use, management, and disturbance causes.

Publication Date: 
23/01/2015
John W. Coulston [2], David N. Wear [3], James M. Vose [4]
Nature - Scientific Reports [5]
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Tags:
Forests [6], Climate Change [7], United States Of America (US) [8], Carbon Sinks [9], Land Use [10], Carbon Sequestration [11]
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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/david-n-wear
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/james-m-vose
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/nature-scientific-reports
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[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-sinks
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-use
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-sequestration