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In the chapters of Section II of this book, the various processes controlling the storage and release of carbon to the atmosphere from the North American boreal forest were discussed in some detail. The primary focus of the discussions in those chapters was on processes that occur over very small spatial scales. To estimate carbon storage and release over regional and continental scales it is necessary to scale, extrapolate, and aggregate observations made at plot and landscape scales. These regional carbon flux studies also require a baseline description of the distribution of forest types and the carbon they contain.
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Bourgeau-Chavez, L.L., Kasischke, E.S., Mudd, J.P., French, N.H.F. (2000). Characteristics of Forest Ecozones in the North American Boreal Region. In: Kasischke, E.S., Stocks, B.J. (eds) Fire, Climate Change, and Carbon Cycling in the Boreal Forest. Ecological Studies, vol 138. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-21629-4_14
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