Re-evaluation of forest biomass carbon stocks and lessons from the world's most carbon-dense forests

By H. Keith, Brendan G. Mackey, David B. Lindenmayer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2009

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Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Insect Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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The IUCN Red List of Ecosystems: Motivations, Challenges, and Applications (2015, background): “…from old growth to regrowth that underpins the Red List status of this forest type has major implications for hydrological productivity (Kuczera 1987), carbon stocks and sequestration (Keith et al. 2009), timber production, as well as overall resilience of the system (Lindenmayer et al. 2011).”
Convergence in drought stress, but a divergence of climatic drivers across a latitudinal gradient in a temperate broadleaf forest (2015, background): “This biome, bounded by tropical forest to the south and boreal forests to the north (Dyer, 2006), is characterized by high tree species diversity (Keith et al., 2009).”
Assessment of Forest Structure Using Two UAV Techniques: A Comparison of Airborne Laser Scanning and Structure from Motion (SfM) Point Clouds (2016, background): “Measurements of forest structure can be used as an indicator of biodiversity [2], but also to derive estimates of biomass [3].”
Emergent crowns and light-use complementarity lead to global maximum biomass and leaf area in Sequoia sempervirens forests (2016, background): “Globally, the tallest forests also have the highest biomass (Waring and Franklin, 1979; Keith et al., 2009).”
Variation in above-ground forest biomass across broad climatic gradients (2011, background): “Relative to other previous work, Keith et al. (2009) sampled a broader range of forest types and evaluated forest biomass as a function of both mean annual temperature and annual precipitation.”
Variations and determinants of carbon content in plants: a global synthesis (2017, positive): “…were significantly lower than the canonical value of 50 %, which was widely used to convert vegetation biomass to C stock at large scales, such as in temperate forests (De Vries et al., 2006), tropical forests (Lewis et al., 2009; Saatchi et al., 2011), and global forests (Keith et al., 2009).”
Structure and diversity of a natural temperate sessile oak (Quercus petraea L.) – European Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forest (2012, background): “, 2009) and in terrestrial carbon storage (Luyssaert et al., 2008; Keith et al., 2009).”
Large‐scale bioenergy from additional harvest of forest biomass is neither sustainable nor greenhouse gas neutral (2012, background): “Ranges in the figure are for temperate ecosystems based on (Van Tuyl et al., 2005; Luyssaert et al., 2007, 2008; Schulze et al., 2009; Keith et al., 2009).”
Increasing wood production through old age in tall trees (2010, background): “An eventual decline in wood production with increasing stand age also seems inevitable, as there is no evidence of forests containing more wood than 5000 Mg ha 1 (Westman and Whittaker, 1975; Fujimori, 1977; Sillett and Van Pelt, 2007; Keith et al., 2009).”
Synergies and trade-offs between ecosystem services in Costa Rica (2013, result): “…lowlands and mountains is not observed for carbon storage in vegetation: it is high in wet or moist lowland forests, medium in the mountain forests, and low in dry lowland forests of the country, as confirmed by other studies in the tropics (Fehse et al. 2002; Raich et al. 2006; Keith et al. 2009).”