Managing carbon sequestration and storage in northern hardwood forests

Eunice A. Padley; Deahn Donner; Karin S. Fassnacht; Ronald S. Zalesny Jr.; Bruce Birr; Karl J. Martin

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Managing carbon sequestration and storage in northern hardwood forests

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Authors:

Eunice A. Padley, Deahn Donner, Karin S. Fassnacht, Ronald S. Zalesny Jr., Bruce Birr, Karl J. Martin

Year:

2011

Type:

Other

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Challenges of managing for early successional forests and associated species. SE and SW chapters of The Wisconsin Society of American Foresters & The Wisconsin Chapter of the Wildlife Society; 2011 March 1-3; Wisconsin Dells, WI: 37. Poster abstract.

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Abstract

Carbon has an important role in sustainable forest management, contributing to functions that maintain site productivity, nutrient cycling, and soil physical properties. Forest management practices can alter ecosystem carbon allocation as well as the amount of total site carbon.

Citation

Padley, Eunice A.; Donner, Deahn M.; Fassnacht, Karin S.; Zalesny, Ronald S.; Birr, Bruce; Martin, Karl J. 2011. Managing carbon sequestration and storage in northern hardwood forests. In: Challenges of managing for early successional forests and associated species. SE and SW chapters of The Wisconsin Society of American Foresters & The Wisconsin Chapter of the Wildlife Society; 2011 March 1-3; Wisconsin Dells, WI: 37. Poster abstract.