Simulated impacts of mountain pine beetle and wildfire disturbances on forest vegetation composition and carbon stocks in the Southern Rocky Mountains
Forests play an important role in sequestering carbon and offsetting anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, but changing disturbance regimes may compromise the capability of forests to store carbon. In the Southern Rocky Mountains, a recent outbreak of mountain pine beetle (\textit{Dendroctonus pon...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2013-12-01
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| Series: | Biogeosciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.biogeosciences.net/10/8203/2013/bg-10-8203-2013.pdf |