This research was funded by numerous national and international projects. These include several Framework Programmes from the European Commission: MOTIVE ( 226544), Carbo Europe (GOCE-CT-2003-505572), ALTERFOR (676754), SIMWOOD (613762), VERIFY (776810), TreeMort (758873), HoliSoils (101000289), ForestPaths (101056755), Superb (101036849) and RESONATE (101000574), as well as the project FORCLIMIT, funded through the FACCE ERA-GAS Horizon 2020 through grant 696356 from Netherlands' Ministry of Research. Additional funding was received from various projects under the Knowledge Base programmes of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Security, including the projects "Sustainable lignocellulosic biomass supply for the circular biobased economy (KB-34-012-002)" and "Negative GHG emissions and long-time sequestration (C fixation) through development of new C-based products (KB-34-012-001)", and as co-funding of various of the aforementioned EU projects.