Document

Title

The effects of fire on activities designed to increase carbon sequestration in the boreal forest
Document Type: Conference Paper
Author(s): E. S. Kasischke
Editor(s): S. G. Conard
Publication Year: 2000

Cataloging Information

Keyword(s):
  • age classes
  • biomass
  • boreal forests
  • carbon
  • distribution
  • disturbance
  • erosion
  • fire frequency
  • fire intensity
  • fire management
  • fire size
  • fire suppression
  • forest management
  • forest products
  • lichens
  • litter
  • mineral soils
  • mosses
  • organic matter
  • post fire recovery
  • roots
  • runoff
  • sedimentation
  • soil leaching
  • soil temperature
  • succession
  • suppression
  • temperature
  • tundra
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Record Last Modified: August 1, 2018
FRAMES Record Number: 45458
Tall Timbers Record Number: 20991
TTRS Location Status: In-file
TTRS Call Number: A13.88:NC-209
TTRS Abstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission

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Description

This paper discusses the overall effects fire has on the carbon budget of boreal forests. Studies on using the boreal forest as a means to sequester carbon have not adequately accounted for these effects. Among other approaches, it has been suggested that suppression of fire in the boreal forest represent a means to increase terrestrial carbon storage. The impracticality of this approach is illustrated through a discussion of the costs associated with fighting fires in boreal regions.

Citation:
Kasischke, E. S. 2000. The effects of fire on activities designed to increase carbon sequestration in the boreal forest, in Conard, S. G., Disturbance in boreal forest ecosystems: human impacts and natural processes. Duluth, MN. USDA Forest Service, North Central Research Station,St. Paul, MN. p. 343-350,General Technical Report NC-209.