The amount and dynamics of forest dead wood (both standing and downed) has been
quantified by a variety of approaches throughout the forest science and ecology literature …

Heterotrophic respiration (RH) is a major process releasing carbon to the atmosphere and is
essential to understanding carbon dynamics in terrestrial ecosystems. Here we review what …

Forest mensuration–the science of measurement applied to forest vegetation and forest
products–holds value for basic ecology as well as sustainable forest management. As …

Large-diameter trees store disproportionally massive amounts of carbon and are a major
driver of carbon cycle dynamics in forests worldwide. In the temperate forests of the western …

Large-diameter trees dominate the structure, dynamics and function of many temperate and
tropical forests. Although both scaling theory and competition theory make predictions about …

A number of studies have investigated regional and continental scale patterns of carbon (C)
stocks in forest ecosystems; however, the altitudinal changes in C storage in different …

A key component in describing forest carbon (C) dynamics is the change in downed dead
wood biomass through time. Specifically, there is a dearth of information regarding the …

Wood decomposer fungi are grouped by how they extract sugars from lignocellulose. Brown
rot fungi selectively degrade cellulose and hemicellulose, leaving lignin intact, and white rot …

The degree to which carbon concentration (CC) of woody detritus varies by tree taxa, stage
of decay, tissue type (ie, bark versus wood), and vertical orientation was examined in …

Wood-decomposing fungi use distinct strategies to deconstruct wood that can significantly
vary carbon release rates and fates. White and brown rot-type fungi attack lignin as a …