Landscape‐variability of the carbon balance across managed boreal forests

M Peichl, E Martínez‐García… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Boreal forests are important global carbon (C) sinks and, therefore, considered as a key
element in climate change mitigation policies. However, their actual C sink strength is …

On the role of forests and the forest sector for climate change mitigation in Sweden

H Petersson, D Ellison, A Appiah Mensah… - Gcb …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We analyse the short‐and long‐term consequences for atmospheric greenhouse gas (GHG)
concentrations of forest management strategies and forest product uses in Sweden by …

Estimating dead wood during national forest inventories: a review of inventory methodologies and suggestions for harmonization

CW Woodall, J Rondeux, PJ Verkerk… - Environmental …, 2009 - Springer
Efforts to assess forest ecosystem carbon stocks, biodiversity, and fire hazards have spurred
the need for comprehensive assessments of forest ecosystem dead wood (DW) components …

[HTML][HTML] Managing existing forests can mitigate climate change

PE Kauppi, G Stål, L Arnesson-Ceder… - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Planting new forests has received scientific and political attention as a measure to mitigate
climate change. Large, new forests have been planted in places like China and Ethiopia …

Drought response of the boreal forest carbon sink is driven by understorey–tree composition

E Martínez-García, MB Nilsson, H Laudon… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The boreal forest is an important global carbon sink, but its response to drought remains
uncertain. Here, we compiled biometric-and chamber-based flux data from 50 boreal forest …

Carbon fractions in the world's dead wood

AR Martin, GM Domke, M Doraisami… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
A key uncertainty in quantifying dead wood carbon (C) stocks—which comprise~ 8% of total
forest C pools globally—is a lack of accurate dead wood C fractions (CFs) that are employed …

[HTML][HTML] Demand-driven climate change mitigation and trade-offs from wood product substitution: The case of Swedish multi-family housing construction

M Schulte, R Jonsson, J Eggers, T Hammar… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Multi-family housing construction (MFHC) with wood instead of concrete as frame material
results in lower greenhouse gas emissions. Hence, substituting wood for concrete in MFHC …

The multi-faceted Swedish Heureka forest decision support system: context, functionality, design, and 10 years experiences of its use

T Lämås, L Saengstuvall, K Öhman… - Frontiers in forests and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
For several decades, computerized forest decision support systems (DSS) have helped
managers and decision makers to analyze different management options and supported the …

[HTML][HTML] Combining scientific and local knowledge improves evaluating future scenarios of forest ecosystem services

I Hallberg-Sramek, EM Nordström, J Priebe… - Ecosystem Services, 2023 - Elsevier
Forest scenario analysis can help tackle sustainability issues by generating insight into the
potential long-term effects of present-day management. In northern Sweden, forests provide …

Effect of deadwood of different tree species in various stages of decomposition on biochemical soil properties and carbon storage

E Błońska, M Kacprzyk, A Spolnik - Ecological Research, 2017 - Springer
The primary objective of this paper was to estimate how the mass of Silver fir (Abies alba
Mill.) and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) deadwood in two decay classes affected …