Aspen-dominated forests occupy >4 million ha in the
upper Great Lakes region of the United
States and are an important reservoir for carbon
(C). Although harvesting and agriculture over the past century depleted C
stored in these forests, independent estimates suggest that forests in the
upper Great Lakes now are C sinks [Lee et al., 1999; Barford et al.,
2001; Birdsey et al, 2000]. However, C storage
by forests within the region varies considerably due to site disturbance
history, forest age, and interannual climate variability.
Author: C.M. Gough, C.S. Vogel, H.P. Schmid, H-B. Su, P.S. Curtis (gough dot 21 at osu dot edu)
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