CENTRE ON THE PROBLEMS OF ECOLOGY AND PRODUCTIVITY OF FORESTS
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CENTRE ON THE PROBLEMS OF ECOLOGY AND PRODUCTIVITY OF FORESTS |
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Zamolodchikov D.G., Grabowsky V.I., Shulyak P.P., Chestnykh O.V. The Impacts from Fires and Clear-cuts in Carbon Balance of Russian Forests // Forest Science (Lesovedenie). 2013. No 5. С.36-49. The regional assessment of forest carbon budget (ROBUL) system is expanded with the procedures of uncertainty calculations. The forest carbon balance of Russian Federation for 1988-2009 is assessed. The fire impact on forest carbon budget is estimated using both: official statistics and remote sensing data. For the study period the average carbon sink from the atmosphere to Russian forests was 205±65 106 t С yr-1 on average, varying from 56±71 106 t C yr-1 in 1998 to 287±60 106 t C yr-1 in 2001. Interannual variations of carbon sink are controlled by the dynamics of carbon losses due to the forest fires. The distribution of the fire-induced carbon losses in Russian regions is examined using remote sensing data. Russian forests, carbon balance, forest reserves dynamics, phytomass, dead wood, litter, soil, clear-cuts, forest fires, uncertainty, remote sensing.. |
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