Quantifying carbon stores and decomposition in dead wood: A review

MB Russell, S Fraver, T Aakala, JH Gove… - Forest Ecology and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The amount and dynamics of forest dead wood (both standing and downed) has been
quantified by a variety of approaches throughout the forest science and ecology literature …

Applications of the United States Forest Inventory and Analysis dataset: a review and future directions

WT Tinkham, PR Mahoney, AT Hudak… - Canadian Journal of …, 2018 - cdnsciencepub.com
The United States Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program has been monitoring national
forest resources in the United States for over 80 years; presented here is a synthesis of …

Changes in global terrestrial live biomass over the 21st century

L Xu, SS Saatchi, Y Yang, Y Yu, J Pongratz… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Live woody vegetation is the largest reservoir of biomass carbon, with its restoration
considered one of the most effective natural climate solutions. However, terrestrial carbon …

Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests

J Liang, TW Crowther, N Picard, S Wiser, M Zhou… - Science, 2016 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The biodiversity-productivity relationship (BPR; the effect of biodiversity on
ecosystem productivity) is foundational to our understanding of the global extinction crisis …

Updated generalized biomass equations for North American tree species

DC Chojnacky, LS Heath, JC Jenkins - Forestry, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Historically, tree biomass at large scales has been estimated by applying dimensional
analysis techniques and field measurements such as diameter at breast height (dbh) in …

Variability and uncertainty in forest biomass estimates from the tree to landscape scale: the role of allometric equations

AG Vorster, PH Evangelista, AEL Stovall… - Carbon Balance and …, 2020 - Springer
Background Biomass maps are valuable tools for estimating forest carbon and forest
planning. Individual-tree biomass estimates made using allometric equations are the …

Sensitivity of L-band SAR backscatter to aboveground biomass of global forests

Y Yu, S Saatchi - Remote sensing, 2016 - mdpi.com
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) backscatter measurements are sensitive to forest
aboveground biomass (AGB), and the observations from space can be used for mapping …

The role of the upper tidal estuary in wetland blue carbon storage and flux

KW Krauss, GB Noe, JA Duberstein… - Global …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon (C) standing stocks, C mass balance, and soil C burial in tidal freshwater forested
wetlands (TFFW) and TFFW transitioning to low‐salinity marshes along the upper estuary …

Climate change determines the sign of productivity trends in US forests

JA Hogan, GM Domke, K Zhu… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Forests are integral to the global land carbon sink, which has sequestered~ 30% of
anthropogenic carbon emissions over recent decades. The persistence of this sink depends …

Assessing carbon stocks and accumulation potential of mature forests and larger trees in US federal lands

RA Birdsey, DA DellaSala, WS Walker… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Mature and old-growth forests (collectively “mature”) and larger trees are important carbon
sinks that are declining worldwide. Information on the carbon value of mature forests and …