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Forest soil carbon is threatened by intensive biomass harvesting

Author: David L. Achat, Mathieu Fortin, Guy Landmann, Bruno Ringeval and Laurent Augusto

Date: 2015

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Language: English

Type of resource: Peer reviewed publication

Topics: Carbon accounting

An analysis which shows that intensive biomass harvests could constitute an important source of carbon transfer from forests to the atmosphere, partly neutralizing the role of a carbon sink played by forest soils.

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