Carbon Balance and Management


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Accounting for density reduction and structural loss in standing dead trees: Implications for forest biomass and carbon stock estimates in the United States

Grant M Domke1*, Christopher W Woodall1 and James E Smith2

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1 USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, St. Paul, MN, USA

2 USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Durham, NH, USA

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Carbon Balance and Management 2011, 6:14 doi:10.1186/1750-0680-6-14

Published: 24 November 2011

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Additional file 1:

Standing dead tree biomass equations and example calculations. This file presents equations necessary to estimate above and belowground SDT biomass and C stocks and provides example calculations for reference [25,26].

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