Publisher Summary Coarse woody debris (CWD) is an important component of temperate
stream and forest ecosystems. This chapter reviews the rates at which CWD is added and …

Simulations of carbon storage suggest that conversion of old-growth forests to young fast-growing
forests will not decrease atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) in general, as has been …

Jerry F. Franklin, HH Shugart, and Mark E. Harmon ree death is so commonplace that the
casual observer might logically assume it to be well understood by biologists. Some causes of …

Mark E. Harmon and Chen Hua ead trees are associated with many key functions in forest
ecosystems. Because they may persist for centuries (McFee and Stone 1966, Triska and …

Strategies to mitigate carbon dioxide emissions through forestry activities have been
proposed, but ecosystem process-based integration of climate change, enhanced CO 2 , …

Forest managers need a comprehensive scientific understanding of natural stand development
processes when designing silvicultural systems that integrate ecological and economic …

Recent projections of climatic change have focused a great deal of scientific and public
attention on patterns of carbon (C) cycling as well as its controls, particularly the factors that …

For the period 1980–89, we estimate a carbon sink in the coterminous United States between
0.30 and 0.58 petagrams of carbon per year (petagrams of carbon = 10 15 grams of carbon…

The potential need for national‐level comparisons of greenhouse gas emissions, and the
desirability of understanding terrestrial sources and sinks of carbon, has prompted interest in …

Persistent changes in tree mortality rates can alter forest structure, composition, and
ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration. Our analyses of longitudinal data from …