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Standard estimates of forest ecosystem carbon for forest types of the United States

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Abstract

This document presents forest ecosystem carbon yield tables, representing stand-level merchantable volume and carbon stocks as a function of stand age, for 53 forest types within 11 regions of the United States. These tables are an update from previous forest carbon stock estimates and were developed in support of U.S. Department of Agriculture greenhouse gas estimation guidelines for agriculture and forestry. The uncertainty of results obtained with these methods may be high relative to other techniques that use site- or project-specific data. The estimates presented here nonetheless provide representative forest carbon stock values that can be applied when site-specific data are not available.

Keywords

forest carbon sequestration, carbon yield tables, carbon stock, forest carbon project, carbon estimation

Citation

Hoover, Coeli M.; Bagdon, Ben; Gagnon, Aaron. 2021. Standard estimates of forest ecosystem carbon for forest types of the United States. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-202. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 158 p. https://doi.org/10.2737/NRS-GTR-202.
Citations
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/63638