Search Results - "Baker, Justin S."

Modeling wood product carbon flows in southern us pine plantations: implications for carbon storage by Puls, Sarah J., Cook, Rachel L., Baker, Justin S., Rakestraw, James L., Trlica, Andrew

“…Background Wood products continue to store carbon sequestered in forests after harvest and therefore play an important role in the total carbon storage…”
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Crop Productivity and the Global Livestock Sector: Implications for Land Use Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Havlík, Petr, Valin, Hugo, Mosnier, Aline, Obersteiner, Michael, Baker, Justin S., Herrero, Mario, Rufino, Mariana C., Schmid, Erwin

“…In this study we implement the global partial equilibrium model GLOBIOM, which has been used extensively in the past: 1) to analyze the effects of biofuel…”
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Crediting temporary forest carbon: Retrospective and empirical perspectives on accounting options by Galik, Christopher S., Baker, Justin S., Daigneault, Adam, Latta, Gregory

“…The costs and technical expertise associated with forest carbon offset projects can be significant, while decades-long time commitments can discourage…”
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Evaluating the effects of climate change on US agricultural systems: sensitivity to regional impact and trade expansion scenarios by Baker, Justin S, Havlík, Petr, Beach, Robert, Leclère, David, Schmid, Erwin, Valin, Hugo, Cole, Jefferson, Creason, Jared, Ohrel, Sara, McFarland, James

“…Agriculture is one of the sectors that is expected to be most significantly impacted by climate change. There has been considerable interest in assessing these…”
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Rethinking Productivity Evaluation in Precision Forestry through Dominant Height and Site Index Measurements Using Aerial Laser Scanning LiDAR Data by Iván Raigosa-García, Leah C. Rathbun, Rachel L. Cook, Justin S. Baker, Mark V. Corrao, Matthew J. Sumnall

“…Optimizing forest plantation management has become imperative due to increasing forest product demand, higher fertilization and management costs, declining…”
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Contributions of healthier diets and agricultural productivity toward sustainability and climate goals in the United States by Wu, Grace C., Baker, Justin S., Wade, Christopher M., McCord, Gordon C., Fargione, Joseph E., Havlik, Petr

“…Meeting ambitious climate targets will require deploying the full suite of mitigation options, including those that indirectly reduce greenhouse-gas (GHG)…”
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How the future of the global forest sink depends on timber demand, forest management, and carbon policies by Daigneault, Adam, Baker, Justin S., Guo, Jinggang, Lauri, Pekka, Favero, Alice, Forsell, Nicklas, Johnston, Craig, Ohrel, Sara B., Sohngen, Brent

“…•Global forest sector model intercomparison of 81 future pathway scenarios.•Socioeconomic drivers have strongly influence forest sector model estimates.•Global…”
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Cumulative global forest carbon implications of regional bioenergy expansion policies by Kim, Sei Jin, Baker, Justin S., Sohngen, Brent L., Shell, Michael

“…•Numerous policies globally could increase the demand for wood-based bioenergy.•Biomass energy demand growth can drive forest resource…”
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How will renewable energy development goals affect energy poverty in Guatemala? by Henry, Candise L., Baker, Justin S., Shaw, Brooke K., Kondash, Andrew J., Leiva, Benjamín, Castellanos, Edwin, Wade, Christopher M., Lord, Benjamin, Van Houtven, George, Redmon, Jennifer Hoponick

“…Many countries have taken on ambitious but potentially costly renewable energy development goals to combat climate change. The government of Guatemala has…”
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A Land Use and Resource Allocation (LURA) modeling system for projecting localized forest CO2 effects of alternative macroeconomic futures by Latta, Gregory S., Baker, Justin S., Ohrel, Sara

“…The United States has recently set ambitious national goals for greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions over the coming decades. A portion of these reductions are…”
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Forested watersheds provide the highest water quality among all land cover types, but the benefit of this ecosystem service depends on landscape context by Caldwell, Peter V., Martin, Katherine L., Vose, James M., Baker, Justin S., Warziniack, Travis W., Costanza, Jennifer K., Frey, Gregory E., Nehra, Arpita, Mihiar, Christopher M.

“…Conversion of natural land cover can degrade water quality in water supply watersheds and increase treatment costs for Public Water Systems (PWSs), but there…”
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Logging residue supply and costs for electricity generation: Potential variability and policy considerations by Baker, Justin S., Crouch, Adam, Cai, Yongxia, Latta, Greg, Ohrel, Sara, Jones, Jason, Latané, Annah

“…This paper applies a spatial allocation optimization model to evaluate logging residue supply potential and costs for bioelectricity generation within the…”
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Additionality and Avoiding Grassland Conversion in the Prairie Pothole Region of the United States by Baker, Justin S., Proville, Jeremy, Latané, Annah, Cajka, Jamie, Aramayo-Lipa, Lindsay, Parkhurst, Robert

“…Grassland conversion into croplands in the Prairie Pothole Region of the United States is a persistent hurdle toward mitigating climate change. Several carbon…”
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Projecting U.S. forest management, market, and carbon sequestration responses to a high-impact climate scenario by Baker, Justin S., Van Houtven, George, Phelan, Jennifer, Latta, Gregory, Clark, Christopher M., Austin, Kemen G., Sodiya, Olakunle E., Ohrel, Sara B., Buckley, John, Gentile, Lauren E., Martinich, Jeremy

“…The impact of climate change on forest ecosystems remains uncertain, with wide variation in potential climate impacts across different radiative forcing…”
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Opportunities and Constraints for Forest Climate Mitigation by Jackson, Robert B, Baker, Justin S

“…Reversing forest losses through restoration, improvement, and conservation is a critical goal for greenhouse gas mitigation. Here, we examine some ecological,…”
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Analysis of the production and transaction costs of forest carbon offset projects in the USA by Galik, Christopher S., Cooley, David M., Baker, Justin S.

“…Forest carbon offset project implementation costs, comprised of both production and transaction costs, could present an important barrier to private landowner…”
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Projecting the Spatial Distribution of Possible Planted Forest Expansion in the United States by Wade, Christopher M, Baker, Justin S, Latta, Gregory, Ohrel, Sara B, Allpress, Justine

“…As the demand for forest products and carbon storage in standing timbers increases, intensive planting of forest resources is expected to increase. With the…”
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Implications of Alternative Agricultural Productivity Growth Assumptions on Land Management, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Mitigation Potential by Baker, Justin S., Murray, Brian C., McCarl, Bruce A., Feng, Siyi, Johansson, Robert

“…This paper explores alternative crop productivity growth trajectories in the United States and focuses on implications for land use change and emissions on a…”
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Current Status and Distribution of Etheostoma exile (Iowa Darter) and Erimyzon sucetta (Lake Chubsucker) in Ohio by Baker, Justin S, Zimmerman, Brian J, Daly, Marymegan

“…A rich fish assemblage that once thrived in the bays of western Lake Erie, and Ohio's glacial pothole lakes, wetlands, and clear prairie streams has changed…”
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An output-based intensity approach for crediting greenhouse gas mitigation in agriculture: explanation and policy implications by Murray, Brian C., Baker, Justin S.

“…US legislators have recently proposed output-based emissions intensity metrics as an approach to credit greenhouse gas (GHG) offsets from agriculture and other…”
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