This paper reviews the effects of past forest management on carbon stocks in the United
States, and the challenges for managing forest carbon resources in the 21st century. Forests …

Global forests are increasingly affected by land-use change, fragmentation, changing
management objectives, and degradation. In this paper we broadly characterize trends in …

Tree planting has been widely touted as an inexpensive way to meet multiple international
environmental goals for mitigating climate change, reversing landscape degradation and …

The Indian Ocean Tsunami focused world attention on societal responses to environmental
hazards and the potential of natural systems to moderate disturbance effects. Coastal areas …

Abstract The southeastern United States produces more industrial timber than any other
region of the world from a forest base that includes almost one-half of the world's industrial …

This study examines the effect of methodological choices to determine the carbon payback
time and the offset parity point for wood pellet production from softwood plantations in the …

The world energy paradigm is changing from one based on petroleum to one based on a
mixture of energy platforms. This change is precipitated by a finite petroleum supply, an …

Land degradation is a threat to global sustainability and heightened concerns over climate
change impacts on ecosystem services underscore the importance of forest land cover as a …

Increased forest productivity has been obtained by improving resource availability through
water and nutrient amendments. However, more stress-tolerant species that have robust site …

Short-rotation woody crops are an integral component of regional and national energy
portfolios, as well as providing essential ecosystem services such as biomass supplies …