Carbon stored in live ponderosa pines in the Sierra Nevada will not return to pre-drought (2012) levels during the 21st century due to bark beetle outbreaks

Carbon stored in live ponderosa pines in the Sierra Nevada will not return to pre-drought (2012) levels during the 21st century due to bark beetle outbreaks

Outbreaks of several bark beetle species can develop rapidly in response to drought and may result in large transfers of carbon (C) stored in live trees to C stored in dead trees (10s of Tg C yr-1 in the western U.S. alone), which over time will be released back to the atmosphere. The western pine b...

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Main Authors: Zachary J. Robbins, Chonggang Xu, Alex Jonko, Rutuja Chitra-Tarak, Christopher J. Fettig, Jennifer Costanza, Leif A. Mortenson, Brian H. Aukema, Lara M. Kueppers, Robert M. Scheller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
Subjects:
bark beetles
climate change
Dendroctonus brevicomis
forest disturbance
forest recovery
Pinus ponderosa
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2023.1112756/full

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