An integrated terrestrial ecosystem carbon-budget model based on changes in disturbance, climate, and atmospheric chemistry

Chen, Wenjun; Chen, Jing; Cihlar, J.

doi:10.1016/s0304-3800(00)00371-9

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“…We used the Integrated Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Cycle Model (InTEC) to quantify the historical effects of disturbance factors (harvesting, fire, insect infestation) and nondisturbance factors (CO 2 concentration, N deposition, climate variability) on productivity and carbon stocks of the continental United States, including northern Wisconsin (Chen et al 2000a(Chen et al , 2000bZhang et al 2012). The InTEC model is process-based, closely calibrated to FIA and other observational data, and validated at the regional scale (Box 3) (Zhang et al 2012).…”

Section: Effects Of Climate Air Pollution and Natural Disturbancementioning

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Past and prospective carbon stocks in forests of northern Wisconsin: a report from the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest Climate Change Response Framework

Birdsey¹,

Pan²,

Janowiak³

et al. 2014

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This report assesses past and prospective carbon stocks for 4.5 million ha of forest land in northern Wisconsin, including a baseline assessment and analysis of the impacts of disturbance and management on carbon stocks. Carbon density (amount of carbon stock per unit area) averages 237 megagrams (Mg) per ha, with the National Forest lands having slightly higher carbon density than other ownership classes. Over the last decade, carbon stocks of northern Wisconsin forests have been increasing by about one teragram (Tg) per year or 0.22 megagrams per ha per year, with most of the increase in live biomass. Harvest, wind, and fire have been principal drivers of forest carbon dynamics over the last century. For all forest types in northern Wisconsin, there is potential to increase stocking on the land by allowing more of the forested area to reach older age classes or by increasing productivity. Opportunities to increase afforestation and reduce deforestation are limited, but the potential exists for utilizing biomass energy as a substitute for fossil fuels. There are several options for private landowners to participate in carbon markets or greenhouse gas registries and receive some credit for additional actions to reduce emissions or increase sequestration of carbon. The methods used here can be adapted for use by other regions or forests to assess carbon stocks and effects of management on future carbon stocks.Cover photo by Scott Pearson.

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Section: Effects Of Climate Air Pollution and Natural Disturbancementioning

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“…Since NPP changes with climate, atmospheric composition, soil conditions, and disturbances, the carbon balance of a forest region is a function of these external forcing factors (Chen et al 2000b). The model includes five core processes:…”

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Past and prospective carbon stocks in forests of northern Wisconsin: a report from the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest Climate Change Response Framework

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Pan²,

Janowiak³

et al. 2014

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“…Positive or negative changes in forest C sequestration depend on the nature of climate change within a specific region (Seppälä et al 2009). As such, forestspecific information or factors influencing emissions or the accumulation of C, such as eco-site climate, soil, tree density, species composition, and management practices, improve modelling accuracy (Chen et al 2000, Nair et al 2009). Understanding how climate change will alter forest C stocks will be important for medium-and long-term forest management decisions.…”

Section: Factors In Decision-making For Forest Carbon Management and mentioning

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Forest carbon management and carbon trading: A review of Canadian forest options for climate change mitigation

GoldenDenise¹,

ColomboStephen²

2011

The Forestry Chronicle

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Forests have significant potential to mitigate climate change. Canada has 30% of the world's boreal forests. The ratification of the Kyoto Protocol commoditized carbon (C) on an international scale. To achieve Canada's emission reduction targets and mitigate climate change, the potential of forest C offset projects and forest C trading is being evaluated. Carbon trading and forest C management have economic and policy implications and potential trade-offs in other forest management objectives. We discuss how forest C management and trading can contribute to global efforts for atmospheric greenhouse gas emissions reduction through either utilization and/or conservation strategies.Key words: Canada, boreal forest, carbon management, carbon trading, climate change mitigation, forest carbon, forest conservation, forest management RÉSUMÉLes forêts sont tout à fait capables d'atténuer les changements climatiques. Le Canada détient 30% des forêts boréales de la planète. La ratification du Protocole de Kyoto a transformé le carbone (C) en un produit de base se transigeant partout dans le monde. Le potentiel des projets de crédits de C forestier et d' échange de C forestier destinés à permettre au Canada d'atteindre ses objectifs de réduction des émissions et d'atténuation des changements climatiques, fait l' objet d'une évalua-tion. Les échanges de C et la gestion du C forestier entraînent des répercussions économiques et politiques ainsi que des interactions potentielles avec d'autres objectifs d'aménagement forestier. Nous discutons comment la gestion du C forestier et ses échanges peuvent contribuer aux efforts globaux de réduction des gaz à effet de serre dans l'atmosphère en fonction de stratégies d'utilisation ou de conservation. Canada-wide, the forestland component of the LULUCF sector was a net sink of 77.5 Mt in 1990 (forest LULUCF removals greater than forest LULUCF emissions) but a source during 2002 to 2007 (emissions greater than removals). The recent trend of forests in the LULUCF sector being a source is due to natural disturbances, accentuated in recent years by the large-scale mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) outbreak in British Columbia and Alberta (Kurz et al. 2008), but also attributable to forest fires and wood removed from forests by harvest.The inclusion of removals by the LULUCF sector recognizes that biological C sinks store C absorbed by plants and that human activity (i.e., forestry and agriculture practices) can affect the size of these sinks. However, while the KP recognises the importance of forests as C sinks (Binkley et al. 2002), the potential to claim forests as a climate change mitigation measure, instead of efforts for reductions at emission sources (e.g., coal-fired electricity generation), was so contentious that comprehensive forestry-based mitigation activities were capped and limited in the early stages of KP negotiations (Purdon 2009). In addition, default KP accounting rules treat C in harvested wood as being completely released into the atmospher...

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“…Second, disturbances (i.e., fire, insectinduced mortality, and harvest) affect processes that lead to direct C loss and changes in age-class distributions. Although basic estimates for regional ecosystem C budgets can be obtained with traditional methods based on forest and soil inventory databases at a large spatiotemporal scale, current approaches continue to face several limitations (Chen et al 2000a(Chen et al , 2000b(Chen et al , 2000c.…”

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“…The Integrated Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon (InTEC) model is a process-based biogeochemical model produced by Chen et al (2000a) that integrates the effects of both disturbance and nondisturbance factors in long-term C budget simulations (Chen et al 2000a, 2000b, 2000c, Zhang et al 2012.…”

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Quantitative simulation of C budgets in a forest in Heilongjiang province, China

Wang¹,

Li²,

Fan³

et al. 2017

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An integrated terrestrial ecosystem carbon-budget model based on changes in disturbance, climate, and atmospheric chemistry

Cited by 122 publications

References 51 publications

Past and prospective carbon stocks in forests of northern Wisconsin: a report from the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest Climate Change Response Framework

Past and prospective carbon stocks in forests of northern Wisconsin: a report from the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest Climate Change Response Framework

Forest carbon management and carbon trading: A review of Canadian forest options for climate change mitigation

Quantitative simulation of C budgets in a forest in Heilongjiang province, China

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