Dynamics of Carbon Pools and Fluxes in Russia's Forest Lands
Authors: Zamolodchikov, D.1; Utkin, A.2; Korovin, G.1; Chestnykh, O.3
Source: Russian Journal of Ecology, Volume 36, Number 5, September 2005 , pp. 291-301(11)
Publisher: MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica
Abstract:
The state and results of studies on the carbon cycle of forests on lands of the Russian forest fund (total area 1172 × 106 ha) are analyzed at the federal level. Consideration is given to changes in the areas of different categories of forest lands, the age structure of stands, the pool and deposition of carbon in the phytomass, and the organic carbon pool of soils over the period from 1966 to 1998; the dynamics of activity in the forest industry by years and the extent of pyrogenic transformation of the forest cover between 1990 and 2001; and carbon fluxes associated with forest exploitation, including carbon emission resulting from fires.Keywords: Russia's forest lands; phytomass; carbon pools and fluxes; carbon cycle; current problems
Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1007/s11184-005-0076-0
Affiliations: 1: Center for Problems in Forest Ecology and Productivity, Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya ul. 84/32, Moscow, 117810, Russia, 2: Institute of Forest Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Uspenskoe, Moscow oblast, 143030, Russia, 3: Moscow State University, Vorob'evy gory, Moscow, 119992, Russia,

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