Biomass Chronosequences of United States Forests: Implications for Carbon 
Storage and Forest Management

Lichstein, Jeremy W.; Wirth, Christian; Horn, Henry S.; Pacala, Stephen W.

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-92706-8_14

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Biomass Chronosequences of United States Forests: Implications for Carbon Storage and Forest Management

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Wirth, Christian
Research Group Organismic Biogeochemistry, Dr. C. Wirth, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Max Planck Society;

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Lichstein, J. W., Wirth, C., Horn, H. S., & Pacala, S. W. (2009). Biomass Chronosequences of United States Forests: Implications for Carbon Storage and Forest Management. In C. Wirth, G. Gleixner, & M. Heimann (Eds.), Old-Growth Forests (pp. 301-341). Berlin: Springer.

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A variety of mechanisms have been identified that may result in late-successional declines in forest biomass, including synchronous mortality of even-aged early-successional cohorts, increased susceptibility of mature forests to wind or insect damage, and, in some systems, reduced stature of late-successional species. We used data from the United States (US) Forest Service’s Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program, and a literature database on old-growth biomass, to quantify late-successional biomass trajectories in different US forest types. Our results suggest that late-successional biomass declines are rare in US forests. Thus, in most cases, there is no conflict between maximizing carbon storage in forest biomass and protecting or restoring old-growth forests.