Carbon sequestration in harvested wood products

K. Skog

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Carbon sequestration in harvested wood products

Informally Refereed

Authors:

K. Skog

Year:

2013

Type:

Book

Station:

Forest Products Laboratory

Source:

In: Inventory of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and sinks: 1990-2011. USEPA #430-R-13-001. Wash, DC: 7-13 to 7-25; Annex 3 Section 3.12. 67 p

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Abstract

Carbon is continuously cycled among these storage pools and between forest ecosystems and the atmosphere as a result of biological processes in forests (e.g., photosynthesis, respiration, growth, mortality, decomposition, and disturbances such as fires or pest outbreaks) and anthropogenic activities (e.g., harvesting, thinning, clearing, and replanting). As trees photosynthesize and grow, C is removed from the atmosphere and stored in living tree biomass. As trees die and otherwise deposit litter and debris on the forest floor, C is released to the atmosphere and also is transferred to the soil by organisms that facilitate decomposition.

Keywords

carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, emission inventory, global warming, climate change, land use, forestry, carbon sink, Chapter 7 Land Use Land Use Change and Forestry, United States, greenhouse gas emissions, GHG

Citation

Skog, K. 2013. Carbon sequestration in harvested wood products. In: Land use, land-use change, and forestry. In: Inventory of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and sinks: 1990-2011. USEPA #430-R-13-001. Wash, DC: 7-13 to 7-25; Annex 3 Section 3.12. 67 p.