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| Title |
Attribution of net carbon change by disturbance type across forest lands of the conterminous United States
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| Published in |
Carbon Balance and Management, November 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13021-016-0066-5 |
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| Authors |
N. L. Harris, S. C. Hagen, S. S. Saatchi, T. R. H. Pearson, C. W. Woodall, G. M. Domke, B. H. Braswell, B. F. Walters, S. Brown, W. Salas, A. Fore, Y. Yu |
| Abstract |
Locating terrestrial sources and sinks of carbon (C) will be critical to developing strategies that contribute to the climate change mitigation goals of the Paris Agreement. Here we present spatially resolved estimates of net C change across United States (US) forest lands between 2006 and 2010 and attribute them to natural and anthropogenic processes. Forests in the conterminous US sequestered -460 ± 48 Tg C year(-1), while C losses from disturbance averaged 191 ± 10 Tg C year(-1). Combining estimates of net C losses and gains results in net carbon change of -269 ± 49 Tg C year(-1). New forests gained -8 ± 1 Tg C year(-1), while deforestation resulted in losses of 6 ± 1 Tg C year(-1). Forest land remaining forest land lost 185 ± 10 Tg C year(-1) to various disturbances; these losses were compensated by net carbon gains of -452 ± 48 Tg C year(-1). C loss in the southern US was highest (105 ± 6 Tg C year(-1)) with the highest fractional contributions from harvest (92%) and wind (5%). C loss in the western US (44 ± 3 Tg C year(-1)) was due predominantly to harvest (66%), fire (15%), and insect damage (13%). The northern US had the lowest C loss (41 ± 2 Tg C year(-1)) with the most significant proportional contributions from harvest (86%), insect damage (9%), and conversion (3%). Taken together, these disturbances reduced the estimated potential C sink of US forests by 42%. The framework presented here allows for the integration of ground and space observations to more fully inform US forest C policy and monitoring efforts. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 22 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 55% |
| Iceland | 1 | 5% |
| Singapore | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 8 | 36% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 16 | 73% |
| Scientists | 5 | 23% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 106 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 105 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 23 | 22% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 8% |
| Other | 6 | 6% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 16 | 15% |
| Unknown | 31 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Science | 34 | 32% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 10% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 10 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 4% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 4 | 4% |
| Unknown | 40 | 38% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 509. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 March 2024.
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#50,749
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