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Modelling carbon sequestration in afforestation and forest magement projects: the CO2FIX V 2.0 approach

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Title Modelling carbon sequestration in afforestation and forest magement projects: the CO2FIX V 2.0 approach
 
Creator Masera, O.R.
Garza-Caligaris, J.F.
Kanninen, M.
Karjalainen, T.
Liski, J.
Nabuurs, G.J.
Pussinen, A.
Jong, B.H.J. de
Mohren, G.M.J.
 
Subject models
forests
carbon sequestration
forest management
afforestation
agroforestry
research projects
kyoto protocol
 
Description The paper describes the Version 2 of the CO2FIX (CO2FIX V.2) model, a user-friendly tool for dynamically estimating the carbon sequestration potential of forest management, agroforesty and afforestation projects. CO2FIX V.2 is a multi-cohort ecosystem-level model based on carbon accounting of forest stands, including forest biomass, soils and products. Carbon stored in living biomass is estimated with a forest cohort model that allows for competition, natural mortality, logging, and mortality due to logging damage. Soil carbon is modeled using five stock pools, three for litter and two for humus. The dynamics of carbon stored in wood products is simulated with a set of pools for short-, medium- and long-lived products, and includes processing efficiency, re-use of by-products, recycling, and disposal forms. The CO2FIX V.2 model estimates total carbon balance of alternative management regimes in both even and uneven-aged forests, and thus has a wide applicability for both temperate and tropical conditions. Results for the model testing and validation in selected temperate and tropical forest management systems are presented and discussed.
 
Date 2003
2012-06-04T09:08:52Z
2012-06-04T09:08:52Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Masera, O.R., Garza-Caligaris, J.F., Kanninen, M., Karjalainen, T., Liski, J., Nabuurs, G.J., Pussinen, A., de Jong, B.H.J., Mohren, G.M.J. 2003. Modelling carbon sequestration in afforestation and forest magement projects: the CO2FIX V 2.0 approach . Ecological Modelling 164 (1-2) :177-199.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18831
https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/1376
 
Language en
 
Source Ecological Modelling