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Forest Carbon Stock and Fluxes: Distribution, Biogeochemical Cycles, and Measurement Techniques

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Forest carbon stock :

It is the amount of carbon sequestered from the atmosphere and stored in a forest ecosystem, mainly within living biomass and soil and, to a lesser extent, in deadwood and litter.

Forest carbon flux :

It is the transfer of carbon (mass) to and from the per-unit forest area per unit time. Carbon efflux is the transfer of carbon out of the forest to another pool, and the influx is the transfer of carbon from other pools to the forest.

Forest carbon cycle :

It is the constant movement of carbon between the atmosphere and forests. The biological part of this cycle involves carbon sequestration by plants from the atmosphere via photosynthesis and loss of carbon through respiration and decay.

Forest carbon balance :

It is a dynamic process that can be calculated as the total carbon uptake by a forest minus the net carbon loss from the forest. The forest carbon balance is highly dependent on disturbances and environmental constraints.

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  1. Forest Research Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, QLD, Australia

    Sharif A. Mukul & John Herbohn

  2. Tropical Forestry Group, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

    Sharif A. Mukul & John Herbohn

  3. Centre for Research on Land-use Sustainability, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Sharif A. Mukul

  4. Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Md. Abdul Halim

  5. Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh

    Md. Abdul Halim

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Mukul, S.A., Halim, M.A., Herbohn, J. (2020). Forest Carbon Stock and Fluxes: Distribution, Biogeochemical Cycles, and Measurement Techniques. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (eds) Life on Land. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71065-5_23-1

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