The potential aboveground carbon storage of north American forests

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Simpson, Lloyd G. Botkin, Daniel B. Nisbet, Robert A.
Copyright Year	1993
Abstract	To assess the possibility of using C offset as a method of sequestering CO2 produced by the burning of fossil fuels, it is necessary to have accurate estimates of C reservoirs and fluxes. Recent studies have shown that estimates of C commonly used in the past are too large, and this may lead to confusion about the global C budget. Field data used in recent estimates of present C storage for the North American boreal and eastern deciduous forest biomes were reanalyzed to estimate their maximum potential C storage. The original data were collected using a stratified two-stage cluster survey sampling design. The reanalysis suggests that the boreal forest and eastern deciduous forest could sequester possibly as little as 13.4% (3.0 Pg) and 18.5% (1.5 Pg), respectively, more C than they presently store. These estimates represent the potential increase in C storage under present conditions, if the study areas were allowed to revert back into forests.
Starting Page	197
Ending Page	205
Page Count	9
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DOI	10.1007/BF01104997
Volume Number	70
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Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01104997
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article