Natural forests in New Zealand – a large terrestrial carbon pool in a national state of equilibrium

Abstract Background Natural forests cover approximately 29% of New Zealand’s landmass and represent a large terrestrial carbon pool. In 2002 New Zealand implemented its first representative plot-based natural forest inventory to assess carbon stocks and stock changes in these mostly undisturbed old-...

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Main Authors: Thomas Paul, Mark O. Kimberley, Peter N. Beets
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-06-01
Series:Forest Ecosystems
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-021-00312-0