FSYSC: Total ecosystem carbon storage.
Ecosystem carbon storage is divided into five compartments; foliage, stem, root, litter, and mineral soil.
How has climate variability altered patterns of ecosystem carbon storage in Alaska, and what were the primary mechanisms driving these changes?
Indicators included: merchantable volume harvested, biomass harvested, ecosystem carbon storage, CO2 fixation, O2 released, biomass nitrogen content, pollutant absorption, and soil fertility.
In this paper, I compared ecosystem carbon storage in a chronosequence of forest stands dominated by two common pine species – jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb).
These patterns suggest that N fertilization could transiently reduce but then increase ecosystem C storage in boreal regions experiencing more frequent fires.
The model was parameterized for forest species, growth and ecosystem C storage, as well as landscape spatial patterns of forest cover in this region.
Using a forest reserve strategy whereby an area is removed from the harvesting land base might have detrimental impacts on ecosystem C storage due to unforeseen natural disturbances or climate change impacts on decay rates.
To apply TEM to make spatially and temporally explicit estimates of ecosystem carbon storage and net primary production in this study, we use the same input data sets as were used by Zhuang et al. [13].
Managing forests for conservation purposes often increases the C stocks on the land base; however, the risk of natural disturbance (e.g., wildfire, drought, insects or disease) means the ecosystem C storage can be at risk [4].
