| Main Title |
Carbon Pools and Flux of Global Forest Ecosystems. |
| Author |
Dixon, R. K. ;
Brown, S. ;
Houghton, R. A. ;
Solomon, A. M. ;
Trexler, M. C. ;
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| CORP Author |
Corvallis Environmental Research Lab., OR. ;Illinois Univ. at Urbana-Champaign. Dept. of Forestry. ;Woods Hole Research Center, MA. ;Wisniewski and Associates, Inc., Falls Church, VA. ;Trexler and Associates, Inc., Oak Grove, OR. |
| Publisher |
c1994 |
| Year Published |
1994 |
| Report Number |
EPA/600/J-94/094; |
| Stock Number |
PB94-146339 |
| Additional Subjects |
Carbon ;
Forest management ;
Ecology ;
Global ;
Climatic changes ;
Deforestation ;
Plant growth ;
Elevation ;
Land use ;
Mathematical models ;
Forest land ;
Tables(Data) ;
Reprints ;
Carbon pools
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
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Status |
| NTIS |
PB94-146339 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
9p |
| Abstract |
Forest systems cover more than 4.1 x 10(9) hectares of the Earth's land area. Globally, forest vegetation and soils contain about 1146 petagrams of carbon, with approximately 37 percent of this carbon in low-latitude forests, 14 percent in mid-latitudes, and 49 percent in high latitudes. Over two-thirds of the carbon in forest ecosystems is contained in soils and associated peat deposits. In 1990, deforestation in the low latitudes emitted 1.6 + or - 0.4 petagrams of carbon per year, whereas forest area expansion and growth in mid- and high-latitude forest sequestered 0.7 + or - 0.2 petagrams of carbon per year, for a net flux to the atmosphere of 0.9 + or - 0.4 petagrams per year. Slowing deforestation, combined with an increase in forestation and other management measures to improve forest ecosystem productivity, could conserve or sequester significant quantities of carbon. |
| Supplementary Notes |
Pub. in Science, v262 p185-190 1994. Prepared in cooperation with Illinois Univ. at Urbana-Champaign. Dept. of Forestry, Woods Hole Research Center, MA., Wisniewski and Associates, Inc., Falls Church, VA., and Trexler and Associates, Inc., Oak Grove, OR. |
| NTIS Title Notes |
Journal article. |
| Title Annotations |
Reprint: Carbon Pools and Flux of Global Forest Ecosystems. |
| Category Codes |
48D; 57H; 55E |
| NTIS Prices |
PC A02/MF A01 |
| Primary Description |
600/02 |
| Document Type |
NT |
| Cataloging Source |
NTIS/MT |
| Control Number |
409122006 |
| Origin |
NTIS |
| Type |
CAT |
