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Decay Class 3

Improving Biomass and Carbon Estimates for Coarse and Fine Woody Debris

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Appendix 1. Literature sources of raw density and carbon concentration data.

Adams, M.B. and Owens, D.R. 2001. Specific gravity of coarse woody debris for some central Appalachian hardwood forest species. Res. Pap. NE-716. Newtown Square, PA: USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 4p.

Brown, J.K. 1974. Handbook for inventorying downed woody material. USDA-FS Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-16. 24 pp.

Busse, M.D. 1994. Downed bole-wood decomposition in lodgepole pine forests of central Oregon. Soil Science Society of America Journal 58:221-227.

Chojnacky, D.C., Mickler, R.A., Heath, L.S., and Woodall, C.W. 2004. Estimates of Down Woody Materials in Eastern US Forests. Environmental Management 33:(Suplement 1) S44-S55.

Currie, W.S., and Nadelhoffer, K.J. 2002. The Imprint of Land-use History: Patterns of Carbon and Nitrogen in Downed Woody Debris at the Harvard Forest. Ecosystems 5: 446-460.

Duvall, M.D. and Grigal, D.F. 1999. Effects of timber harvesting on coarse woody debris in red pine forests across the Great Lakes states, U.S.A. Can. J. For. Res. 29: 1926-1934.

Erickson, H.E., Edmonds, R.L., and Peterson, C.E. 1985. Decomposition of logging residues in Douglas -fir western hemlock, Pacific silver fir, and ponderosa pine systems. Can. J. For. Res. 15:914-921

Fahey, T.J. 1983. Nutrient Dynamics of aboveground detritus in lodgepole pine (pinus contorta ssp. latifolia) ecosystems, southeastern Wyoming. Ecological Monographs, 53(1) pp. 51-72.

Forrester, J.A. and Runkle, J.R. 2000. Mortality and replacement patterns of an old-growth acer-fagus woods in the Holden Arboretum, Northeastern Ohio. American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 144, No. 2, pp. 227-242.

Fraver, S., Wagner, R.G. and M. Day. 2002. Dynamics of coarse woody debris following gap harvesting in the Acadian forest of Central Maine, U.S.A. Can. J. For. Res. 32: 2094-2105.

Gerald, E.L. and Forman, R.T.T. 1978. Detrital dynamics in a mature oak forest: Hutcheson Memorial Forest, New Jersey. Ecology, Vol. 59, No. 3, pp. 580-595.

Graham, R.L. and K. Cromack, Jr. 1982. Mass, nutrient content, and decay state of dead boles in rain forests of Olympic National Park. Can. J. For. Res. 12:511-521.

Hale, C.M. and J. Pastor. 1998. Nitrogen content, decay rates, and decompositional dynamics of hollow versus solid hardwood logs in hardwood forests of Minnesota, U.S.A. Can. J. For. Res. 28:1276-1285.

Hicks, W.T. 1995. Tree mortality, coarse woody debris and the equilibrium status of an old-growth fagus-acer forest in southwestern Ohio. M.S. Thesis, Miami University. 47 p.

Harmon, M. E., Hennessy, T., and Silsbee, D.G. 1980. Woody Fuel Dimensions within Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Research/Resources Management Report 31. Uplands Field Res. Lab., Gaitlinburg, Tennessee.

Harmon, M.E., K. Cromack, Jr. and B.G. Smith. 1987. Coarse Woody Debris in mixed-conifer forests, Sequoia National Park, California. Can. J. For. Res. 17:1265-1272.

Harmon, M.E., D.F. Whigham, J. Sexton and I. Olmsted. 1995. Decomposition and stores of woody detritus in the dry tropical forests of the Northeastern Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Biotropica. 27:305-316

Harmon, M.E. and J. Sexton. 1996. Guidelines for Measurements of Woody Detritus in Forest Ecosystems. Publication No. 20. U.S. LTER Network Office: University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. 73 pp.

Lambert, R.L., Lang, G.E., and Reiners, W.A. 1980. Loss of mass and chemical change in decaying boles of a subalpine balsam fir forest. Ecology 61(6), pp. 1460-1473.

Lang, G.E. and R.T. Forman. 1978. Detrital dynamics in a mature oak forest: Hutcheson Memorial Forest, New Jersey. Ecology 59(3):580-595.

MacMillan P.C. 1981. Log Decomposition in Donaldson's woods, Spring Mill State Park, Indiana. American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 106, No. 2, pp. 335-344.

Nalder, I.A., Wein, R.W., Alexander,,M.E., and de Groot, W.J.. 2000. Physical properties of dead and downed round-wood fuels in the boreal forests of western and northern Canada . International Journal of Wildland Fire 9: 85-99.

Nalder, I.A.; Wein, R.W.; Alexander, M.E.; de Groot, W.J. 1997. Physical properties of dead and downed round-wood fuels in the boreal forests of Alberta and Northwest Territories. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 27: 1513-1517.

Pittman, J.R. 2005. Coarse woody debris in industrially managed pinus taeda plantations of the southeastern United States. Thesis submitted to the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University for the degree of Master of Science in Forestry.

Sollins P., S. P. Cline, T. Verhoeven, D. Sachs and G. Spycher. 1987. Patterns of log decay in old-growth Douglas-fir forest. Can. J. For. Res. 17:1585-1595.

Ryan, K.C. and Pickford, S.G. 1978. Physical properties of woody fuels in the Blue Mountains of Oregon and Washington. USDA Forest Service Research Note PNW-315. Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Portland, Oregon. 9 p.

Roussopoulos, P.J., and Johnson, V.J. 1973 Estimating slash fuel loading for several Lake States tree species. USDA For. Serv. Res. Pap. NC-88, 8p.

Wendy, H.L., Bryant, D.M., Hutyra, L.R., Saleska, S.R., Hammond-Pyle, E., Curran, D., and Wofsy, S.C. 2006. Woody debris contribution to the carbon budget of selectively logged and maturing mid-latitude forests. Oecologia 148:108-117.

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