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Monitoring Carbon Stock Changes in European Forests Using Forest Inventory Data

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The Continental-Scale Greenhouse Gas Balance of Europe

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 203))

The forest carbon stock in Europe is large and changes in it may contribute notably to atmospheric CO2 concentration. The area of forested land in Europe is about 1,000 million ha, which is about 47% of the land area (e.g. MCPFE 2003). The largest part, more than 800 million ha, of the forests in Europe is located in the Russian Federation, whereas the forested area of EU15 is 137 million ha. The percentage of forested land varies considerably between counties ranging from 68% in Finland and Sweden to 1% in Iceland. In the forests of Europe (excluding Russia), the carbon stock of the vegetation was estimated to be about 8,000 Tg (Nabuurs et al. 1997; Goodale et al. 2002). Estimates of the soil carbon stocks range from 5,000 to 14,000 Tg and are evidently more uncertain than the estimated carbon stocks of the vegetation (Goodale et al. 2002; Liski et al. 2002; Nabuurs et al. 2003). Current estimates of the changes in the carbon stock of vegetation in Europe (excluding Russia) range from 50 to 100 Tg C year−1, and the changes in the soil range from 13 to 61 Tg C year−1, depending on the methods applied as well as on the reference area and period (Goodale et al. 2002; Liski et al. 2002; Karjalainen et al. 2003; Nabuurs et al. 2003). In general, large carbon stocks of peatlands soils are not fully accounted in these studies, because of the lack of representative data and/or models.

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Mäkipää, R., Lehtonen, A., Peltoniemi, M. (2008). Monitoring Carbon Stock Changes in European Forests Using Forest Inventory Data. In: Dolman, A.J., Valentini, R., Freibauer, A. (eds) The Continental-Scale Greenhouse Gas Balance of Europe. Ecological Studies, vol 203. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-76570-9_10

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