Search Results - "Heath, Linda S."

A synthesis of current knowledge on forests and carbon storage in the United States by McKinley, Duncan C, Ryan, Michael G, Birdsey, Richard A, Giardina, Christian P, Harmon, Mark E, Heath, Linda S, Houghton, Richard A, Jackson, Robert B, Morrison, James F, Murray, Brian C, Pataki, Diane E, Skog, Kenneth E

“…Using forests to mitigate climate change has gained much interest in science and policy discussions. We examine the evidence for carbon benefits, environmental…”
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Carbon sequestration in the U.S. forest sector from 1990 to 2010 by Woodbury, Peter B., Smith, James E., Heath, Linda S.

“…Forest inventory data supplemented with data from intensive research sites and models were used to estimate carbon stocks and sequestration rates in U.S…”
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National-scale biomass estimators for United states tree species by JENKINS, Jennifer C, CHOJNACKY, David C, HEATH, Linda S, BIRDSEY, Richard A

“…Estimates of national-scale forest carbon (C) stocks and fluxes are typically based on allometric regression equations developed using dimensional analysis…”
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Forest protection and forest harvest as strategies for ecological sustainability and climate change mitigation by Colombo, Stephen J., Chen, Jiaxin, Ter-Mikaelian, Michael T., McKechnie, Jon, Elkie, Philip C., MacLean, Heather L., Heath, Linda S.

“…► We model C for harvest/no harvest in disturbance-prone forest with suppressed fire. ► Ecological sustainability was assessed based on forest age and species…”
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An approach for verifying biogenic greenhouse gas emissions inventories with atmospheric CO2 concentration data by Ogle, Stephen M, Davis, Kenneth, Lauvaux, Thomas, Schuh, Andrew, Cooley, Dan, West, Tristram O, Heath, Linda S, Miles, Natasha L, Richardson, Scott, Breidt, F Jay, Smith, James E, McCarty, Jessica L, Gurney, Kevin R, Tans, Pieter, Denning, A Scott

“…Verifying national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventories is a critical step to ensure that reported emissions data to the United Nations Framework…”
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Carbon budget of Ontario's managed forests and harvested wood products, 2001–2100 by Chen, Jiaxin, Colombo, Stephen J., Ter-Mikaelian, Michael T., Heath, Linda S.

“…Forest and harvested wood products (HWP) carbon (C) stocks between 2001 and 2100 for Ontario's managed forests were projected using FORCARB-ON, an adaptation…”
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Collaboration can preserve the integrity of gold standard carbon data from forest inventories by Goeking, Sara A, Woodall, Christopher W, Bush, Renate, Heath, Linda S

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Estimating carbon sequestration in the piedmont ecoregion of the United States from 1971 to 2010 by Liu, Jinxun, Sleeter, Benjamin M., Zhu, Zhiliang, Heath, Linda S., Tan, Zhengxi, Wilson, Tamara S., Sherba, Jason, Zhou, Decheng

“…Background Human activities have diverse and profound impacts on ecosystem carbon cycles. The Piedmont ecoregion in the eastern United States has undergone…”
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Updated generalized biomass equations for North American tree species by Chojnacky, David C, Heath, Linda S, Jenkins, Jennifer C

“…Historically, tree biomass at large scales has been estimated by applying dimensional analysis techniques and field measurements such as diameter at breast…”
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Land Use Change Effects on Forest Carbon Cycling Throughout the Southern United States by Woodbury, P.B, Heath, L.S, Smith, J.E

“…We modeled the effects of afforestation and deforestation on carbon cycling in forest floor and soil from 1900 to 2050 throughout 13 states in the southern…”
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Effects of land use change on soil carbon cycling in the conterminous United States from 1900 to 2050 by Woodbury, P.B, Heath, L.S, Smith, J.E

“…We developed matrices representing historical area transitions between forest and other land uses. We projected future transitions on the basis of historical…”
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Identifying grain-size dependent errors on global forest area estimates and carbon studies by Zheng, Daolan, Heath, Linda S., Ducey, Mark J.

“…Satellite‐derived coarse‐resolution data are typically used for conducting global analyses. But the forest areas estimated from coarse‐resolution maps (e.g., 1…”
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Critical land change information enhances the understanding of carbon balance in the United States by Liu, Jinxun, Sleeter, Benjamin M., Zhu, Zhiliang, Loveland, Thomas, Sohl, Terry, Howard, Stephen M., Key, Carl H., Hawbaker, Todd, Liu, Shuguang, Reed, Bradley, Cochrane, Mark A., Heath, Linda S., Jiang, Hong, Price, David T., Chen, Jing M., Zhou, Decheng, Bliss, Norman B., Wilson, Tamara, Sherba, Jason, Zhu, Qiuan, Luo, Yiqi, Poulter, Benjamin

“…Large‐scale terrestrial carbon (C) estimating studies using methods such as atmospheric inversion, biogeochemical modeling, and field inventories have produced…”
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The greenhouse gas and energy impacts of using wood instead of alternatives in residential construction in the United States by Upton, Brad, Miner, Reid, Spinney, Mike, Heath, Linda S.

“…Data developed by the Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial Materials were used to estimate savings of greenhouse gas emissions and energy…”
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Carbon factors and models for forest carbon estimates for the 2005–2011 National Greenhouse Gas Inventories of the United States by Smith, James E., Heath, Linda S., Hoover, Coeli M.

“…•US forests sequestered over 170 Tg C/year according to UNFCCC submissions.•Methods focus on National Forest Inventory in order to enable harmonized…”
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Carbon Profile of the Managed Forest Sector in Canada in the 20th Century: Sink or Source? by Chen, Jiaxin, Colombo, Stephen J, Ter-Mikaelian, Michael T, Heath, Linda S

“…Canada contains 10% of global forests and has been one of the world’s largest harvested wood products (HWP) producers. Therefore, Canada’s managed forest…”
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Use of Remote Sensing Data to Improve the Efficiency of National Forest Inventories: A Case Study from the United States National Forest Inventory by Andrew J. Lister, Hans Andersen, Tracey Frescino, Demetrios Gatziolis, Sean Healey, Linda S. Heath, Greg C. Liknes, Ronald McRoberts, Gretchen G. Moisen, Mark Nelson, Rachel Riemann, Karen Schleeweis, Todd A. Schroeder, James Westfall, B. Tyler Wilson

“…Globally, forests are a crucial natural resource, and their sound management is critical for human and ecosystem health and well-being. Efforts to manage…”
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Developing a Set of Indicators to Identify, Monitor, and Track Impacts and Change in Forests of the United States by Anderson, Sarah M., Heath, Linda S., Emery, Marla R., Hicke, Jeffrey A., Littell, Jeremy S., Lucier, Alan, Masek, Jeffrey, Peterson, David L., Pouyat, Richard, Potter, Kevin M., Robertson, Guy, Sperry, Jinelle

“…United States forestland is an important ecosystem type, land cover, land use, and economic resource that is facing several drivers of change including…”
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Reconciling estimates of the contemporary North American carbon balance among terrestrial biosphere models, atmospheric inversions, and a new approach for estimating net ecosystem exchange from inventory-based data by Hayes, Daniel J., Turner, David P., Stinson, Graham, McGuire, A. David, Wei, Yaxing, West, Tristram O., Heath, Linda S., de Jong, Bernardus, McConkey, Brian G., Birdsey, Richard A., Kurz, Werner A., Jacobson, Andrew R., Huntzinger, Deborah N., Pan, Yude, Post, W. Mac, Cook, Robert B.

“…We develop an approach for estimating net ecosystem exchange (NEE) using inventory‐based information over North America (NA) for a recent 7‐year period (ca…”
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Greenhouse Gas and Carbon Profile of the U.S. Forest Products Industry Value Chain by Heath, Linda S, Maltby, Van, Miner, Reid, Skog, Kenneth E, Smith, James E, Unwin, Jay, Upton, Brad

“…A greenhouse gas and carbon accounting profile was developed for the U.S. forest products industry value chain for 1990 and 2004−2005 by examining net…”
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