Northern Research Station

Title: A model of forest floor carbon mass for United States forest types

Author: Smith, James E.; Heath, Linda S.

Date: 2002

Source: Res. Pap. NE-722. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 37 p.

Station ID: RP-NE-722

Description: Includes a large set of published values of forest floor mass and develop large-scale estimates of carbon mass according to region and forest type. Estimates of average forest floor carbon mass per hectare of forest applied to a 1997 summary forest inventory, sum to 4.5 Gt carbon stored in forests of the 48 contiguous United States.

Keywords: forest carbon budget, carbon sequestration, afforestation

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Smith, James E.; Heath, Linda S.  2002.  A model of forest floor carbon mass for United States forest types.   Res. Pap. NE-722. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 37 p..