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How Do Long-Term Above-Ground Biomass Dynamics Vary Between Different Forest Stand Types At Harvard Forest?, Maya Y. Chandar-Kouba
How Do Long-Term Above-Ground Biomass Dynamics Vary Between Different Forest Stand Types At Harvard Forest?, Maya Y. Chandar-Kouba
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Monitoring forest carbon storage is necessary in accurately modelling the global carbon cycle. In the Northeast, terrestrial forests represent a major carbon sink with above-ground biomass (AGB) accounting for 40% of stored forest carbon. Therefore, understanding how AGB varies spatiotemporally is essential in predicting future carbon storage. Repeated measurements in permanent, long-term plots provide an opportunity to examine how carbon stored in AGB is changing over time. I used 29 years of data from the Harvard Forest Environmental Monitoring Systems (HF EMS) Site to determine how stand composition, intrinsic factors, and extrinsic environmental factors influenced rates of carbon storage in …