Background Recent increases in forest tree mortality should increase the abundance coarse
woody detritus (CWD) and ultimately lead to increased atmospheric carbon dioxide …

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 …

Boreal forests are important global carbon (C) sinks and, therefore, considered as a key
element in climate change mitigation policies. However, their actual C sink strength is …

Decomposition of organic matter strongly influences ecosystem carbon storage. In Earth-
system models, climate is a predominant control on the decomposition rates of organic …

Climate warming is likely to increase the frequency and severity of forest disturbances, with
uncertain consequences for soil microbial communities and their contribution to ecosystem …

Global modeling efforts indicate semiarid regions dominate the increasing trend and
interannual variation of net CO 2 exchange with the atmosphere, mainly driven by water …

Forests are major components of the global carbon (C) cycle and thereby strongly influence
atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2) and climate. However, efforts to incorporate forests into …

With an increasing fraction of the world's forests being intensively managed for meeting
humanity's need for wood, fiber and ecosystem services, quantitative understanding of the …

Soil respiration (Rs), the soil‐to‐atmosphere CO2 flux produced by microbes and plant
roots, is a critical but uncertain component of the global carbon cycle. Our current …

Wildfire activity is projected to increase in boreal forests as a result of climate warming. The
consequences of increased wildfire activity for soil carbon (C) storage in boreal forests may …