2014
DOI: 10.3390/f5040784
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The Impact of Windstorm Damage in the Assessment of the Carbon Balance in Even-Aged Fagus sylvatica L. Stands

Abstract: Due to the fact that forest ecosystems can potentially mitigate the impact of climate change, the carbon balance of managed forests has caught the attention of a large scientific community. Some authors conclude that extending rotation lengths would actually favour the climate change mitigation effect since more carbon would be stored in the biomass on the average. However, when the occurrence of catastrophic disturbances such as windstorms is not considered, the advantage of extending the rotation length migh… Show more

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“…However, owing to the non-availability of data on windthrow, windthrow related changes in carbon dynamics has yet to be incorporated into terrestrial ecosystem carbon budgeting for Boreal North America. In a similar work done in Europe, Fortin et al [38] reported an 8% overestimation of ecosystem carbon as a result of not accounting for windstorm impacts on managed European beech stands. We believe our windthrow tables provide a starting point for integrating windthrow into ecosystem carbon simulation.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…However, owing to the non-availability of data on windthrow, windthrow related changes in carbon dynamics has yet to be incorporated into terrestrial ecosystem carbon budgeting for Boreal North America. In a similar work done in Europe, Fortin et al [38] reported an 8% overestimation of ecosystem carbon as a result of not accounting for windstorm impacts on managed European beech stands. We believe our windthrow tables provide a starting point for integrating windthrow into ecosystem carbon simulation.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…An earlier study using wood product models concluded that in Europe (EU15), carbon stored in wood products represents 1% of the total greenhouse gas inventory (Kohlmaier et al ., ). Other studies have reported that across the entire forestry sector, including ecosystems and wood products, the cumulative carbon stored in wood products plays a significant role: 16% in the UK (Dewar & Cannell, ), 13% in Canada (Kurz et al ., ), between 12% (Pussinen et al ., ) and 4% (Eggers, ; Karjalainen et al ., ) in Finland, 5% in the USA (Smith et al ., ), 6% in Europe (Eggers, ; Karjalainen et al ., ) and 7% in France (Fortin et al ., ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…Fortin et al . () estimated that by omitting windstorm damages, the carbon stock in wood products could be overestimated by as much as 8%.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Indeed, dead wood accumulation may favour pest outbreaks (Peñuelas et al, 2001). Carbon balance may also be affected, especially in old-growth stands (Fortin et al, 2014).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%