A comprehensive data-based assessment of forest ecosystem carbon stocks in the US 1907–2012
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15552002 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Magerl (0000-0002-5861-2195, BOKU University, corresponding author), Julia Le Noë (0000-0001-8816-5800, BOKU University), Karlheinz Erb (0000-0002-8335-4159, BOKU University), Manan Bhan (0000-0002-1237-6449, BOKU University), Gingrich (0000-0001-7891-8688, BOKU University) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 125015-125015 |
| Publication date | 2019-11-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Research Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-9326 • E-ISSN: 1748-9326 |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/ab5cb6 |
| OpenAlex | W2991353536 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 48 |
The consistent and robust assessment of ecosystem carbon stocks remains central to developing and monitoring climate change mitigation strategies. Here, we investigate the dynamics of forest ecosystem carbon stocks in the conterminous United States between 1907 and 2012 at national and regional levels. We build upon timber volume records from historical forest inventories and use a modelling approach to include all relevant pools, e.g. soil carbon, to derive a comprehensive long-term dataset. We find a consistent increase in forest carbon stocks across the country, from 27 PgC in 1907 to 39 PgC in 2012, with persistent regional variations between western and eastern United States, signalling pronounced land use and land management legacy effects. We identify additional potential to increase forest C sinks in both west and east, on diverging levels. Extended forest C stocks stem from forest biomass thickening i.e. increases in biomass C densities, rather than forest area expansion. Our study reflects the first such effort to collectively understand the effects of environmental change and land management on contemporary biomass C stocks at the national level, and critically engages with ongoing initiatives towards assessing the potential for carbon sequestration in forest ecosystems
Agroforestry · Biomass (ecology · Carbon dioxide · Carbon sequestration · Carbon sink · Carbon stock · Climate change · Climate change mitigation · Ecosystem · Ecosystem services · Environmental protection · Environmental resource management · Forest ecology · Forest Inventory · Forest management · Land use · Land use, land-use change and forestry · Environmental Science · Fire effects on ecosystems · Forest Management and Policy · Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |