Working Forests in the Neotropics

Working Forests in the Neotropics

Author: Daniel Zarin

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13: 9780231129077

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-- Thomas Lovejoy, The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment.


The Potential of U.S. Forest Soils to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect

The Potential of U.S. Forest Soils to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect

Author: John M. Kimble

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2002-09-25

Total Pages: 619

ISBN-13: 1000738124

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Much attention has been given to above ground biomass and its potential as a carbon sink, but in a mature forest ecosystem 40 to 60 percent of the stored carbon is below ground. As increasing numbers of forests are managed in a wide diversity of climates and soils, the importance of forest soils as a potential carbon sink grows. The Potenti