Globally, forests represent highly productive ecosystems that act as carbon sinks where soil
organic matter is formed from residuals after biomass decomposition as well as from …

Worldwide, forests have absorbed around 30% of global anthropogenic emissions of carbon
dioxide (CO 2) annually, thereby acting as important carbon (C) sinks. It is proposed that …

Forest management practices emphasizing stand structural complexity are of interest across
the northern forest region of the United States because of their potential to enhance carbon …

Oil palm plantations have been expanding in recent decades in Indonesia and Malaysia.
Carbon-rich tropical peat swamp forest has not been excluded from this expansion, because …

Bark beetles are a principal source of tree mortality in conifer forests, with beetle distribution
and beetle-associated tree mortality increasing in frequency and extent. While bark beetles …

Deadwood is known to significantly contribute to global terrestrial carbon stocks and carbon
cycling, but its decay dynamics are still not thoroughly understood. Although the chemistry of …

Deadwood moisture plays a major role in regulating deadwood decomposition rates and
may also affect forest microclimate. Despite this, the temporal variability of deadwood …

Downed woody debris (DWD) creates heterogeneous microsites that are beneficial to
enhancing biodiversity and that represent persistent nutrient and carbon pools. Windthrow …

Natural forest disturbance events can influence soil biogeochemical processes in two ways-
by creating downed woody debris (DWD; fallen tree boles or branches) and by creating …

The world's forests sequester and store vast amounts of atmospheric carbon, playing a
crucial role in climate change mitigation. Internal stem decay in living trees results in the …