Insect and Disease Disturbances Correlate With Reduced Carbon Sequestration in Forests of the Contiguous United States

Insect and Disease Disturbances Correlate With Reduced Carbon Sequestration in Forests of the Contiguous United States

Major efforts are underway to harness the carbon sequestration capacity of forests to combat global climate change. However, tree damage and death associated with insect and disease disturbance can reduce this carbon sequestration capacity. We quantified average annual changes in live tree carbon ac...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Brendan R. Quirion, Grant M. Domke, Brian F. Walters, Gary M. Lovett, Joseph E. Fargione, Leigh Greenwood, Kristina Serbesoff-King, John M. Randall, Songlin Fei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
Subjects:
insects
diseases
climate change
carbon sequestration
forest disturbance
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2021.716582/full

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