Quantifying the Carbon Balance of Forest Restoration and Wildfire under Projected Climate in the Fire-Prone Southwestern US

Climate projections for the southwestern US suggest a warmer, drier future and have the potential to impact forest carbon (C) sequestration and post-fire C recovery. Restoring forest structure and surface fire regimes initially decreases total ecosystem carbon (TEC), but can stabilize the remaining...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 12; no. 1; p. e0169275
Main Author:	Hurteau, Matthew D.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 03.01.2017 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Age Biology and Life Sciences Biomass Carbon Carbon - analysis Carbon cycle Climate Change Climate effects Computer Simulation Drought Earth Sciences Ecological restoration Ecology and Environmental Sciences Ecosystem Ecosystems Engineering and Technology Environmental aspects Environmental changes Environmental management Environmental restoration Evergreen trees Fire behavior Fire effects Fires Forest & brush fires Forest effects Forest fires Forest management Forests Future climates Geography Juniperus scopulorum Methods open climate campaign Pine trees Pinus ponderosa Prescribed fire Prevention Quercus gambelii Restoration Simulation Southwestern United States Sustainable forestry Wildfires Southwestern states
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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