Journal
CARBON MANAGEMENT
Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages 190-204Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/17583004.2022.2063761
Keywords
Carbon sequestration; climate change; silviculture; mixedwood; northern hardwood
Categories
Funding
- National Council for Air and Stream Improvement (NCASI)
- Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Inc.
- Conservation & Community Partnerships Grant Program
- Cooperative Forestry Research Unit
- National Science Foundation Center for Advanced Forestry Systems (CAFS) [1915078]
- RII Track-2 FEC [1920908]
- Div Of Industrial Innovation & Partnersh
- Directorate For Engineering [1915078] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Ask authors/readers for more resources
This study compares the carbon stocks and accumulation of forest management treatments, highlighting the importance of using multiple harvesting strategies to achieve carbon objectives and considering forest reserves and targeted silvicultural treatments for promoting forest resilience to climate change.
Comparing forest and harvested wood product carbon (C) stocks and accumulation among forest management treatments commonly applied in managed forests is needed to inform planning and policy decisions for C objectives. Therefore, pre- and post-harvest C stocks were quantified and C accumulation was projected over a 31-year period (to similar to 2050) among forest management treatments that were applied on a subset (n = 3) of the Maine Adaptive Silviculture Network installations in northern Maine, USA. These installations included mature, second-growth forests composed of northern hardwood and hardwood-dominated mixedwood stands. Before treatments were initiated, average aboveground live tree C stocks ranged from 67.1 to 99.7 Mg ha(-1). For the aboveground portions of live trees, dead wood and harvested wood products, the projected average annual net change in C (AAC) was 0.232 +/- 1.164 Mg ha(-1 )year(-1) (mean +/- standard deviation). Models of projected AAC indicated that less biomass removal during harvests and greater representation of tree species with low tolerance of shade were associated with positive AAC values. The results emphasize the importance of leveraging multiple harvesting strategies to achieve C objectives, including consideration of forest reserves and using targeted yet operationally feasible silvicultural treatments that promote forest resilience relative to climate change.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available