Comparable regional scale estimates for the carbon balance of forests are needed for scientific and political purposes. We developed a method for deriving these estimates from readily available forest inventory data by using statistical biomass models and dynamic modelling of litter and soil. Here, we demonstrate this method and apply it to Finland's forests between 1922 and 2004. The method was reliable, since the results obtained were comparable to independent data. The amount of carbon stored in the forests increased by 29%, 79% of which was found in the biomass and 21% in the litter and soil. The carbon balance varied annually, depending on the climate and level of harvesting, with each of these factors having effects on the b...
Monitoring and transparent reporting of forest carbon sinks are currently needed under the Climate C...
Abstract Background Increasing the use of forest harvest residues for bioenergy production reduces g...
Abstract Background Increasing the use of forest harv...
Comparable regional scale estimates for the carbon balance of forests are needed for scientific and...
Forests have acted as a substantial Carbon sink during the last decades. In Finland, forests current...
Forest soils store a substantial amount of carbon, often more than the forest vegetation does. Estim...
Dynamic soil models are needed for estimating impact of weather and climate change on soil carbon s...
Forest biomass is an important source of bioenergy and its importance is growing even more in the ne...
Sievänen, R., et al. 'Carbon stock changes of forest land in Finland under different levels of wood ...
Forest biomass is an important source of bioenergy and its importance is growing even more in the ne...
Several studies predict increases of forest growth and carbon stocks under climate change. Increases...
The development of appropriate tools to quantify long‐term carbon (C) budgets following forest trans...
The increase in global temperature has been attributed to increased atmospheric concentrations of gr...
Monitoring and transparent reporting of forest carbon sinks are currently needed under the Climate C...
Carbon accumulation in Finland’s forests 1922–2004 – an estimate obtained by combination of forest i...
Monitoring and transparent reporting of forest carbon sinks are currently needed under the Climate C...
Abstract Background Increasing the use of forest harvest residues for bioenergy production reduces g...
Abstract Background Increasing the use of forest harv...
Comparable regional scale estimates for the carbon balance of forests are needed for scientific and...
Forests have acted as a substantial Carbon sink during the last decades. In Finland, forests current...
Forest soils store a substantial amount of carbon, often more than the forest vegetation does. Estim...
Dynamic soil models are needed for estimating impact of weather and climate change on soil carbon s...
Forest biomass is an important source of bioenergy and its importance is growing even more in the ne...
Sievänen, R., et al. 'Carbon stock changes of forest land in Finland under different levels of wood ...
Forest biomass is an important source of bioenergy and its importance is growing even more in the ne...
Several studies predict increases of forest growth and carbon stocks under climate change. Increases...
The development of appropriate tools to quantify long‐term carbon (C) budgets following forest trans...
The increase in global temperature has been attributed to increased atmospheric concentrations of gr...
Monitoring and transparent reporting of forest carbon sinks are currently needed under the Climate C...
Carbon accumulation in Finland’s forests 1922–2004 – an estimate obtained by combination of forest i...
Monitoring and transparent reporting of forest carbon sinks are currently needed under the Climate C...
Abstract Background Increasing the use of forest harvest residues for bioenergy production reduces g...
Abstract Background Increasing the use of forest harv...