CARBiFOR II

REPORTS

Reviewed papers

These papers have been published on work carried out by the CARBiFOR project or its members:

• Improved estimates of BEFs -Irish Forestry Black et al. 2004 
  
• Age effects on soil respiration -GCB Saiz et al. 2006 
  
• Seasonal & spatial variability in soil respiration -Plant&Soil Saiz et al. 2006 
  
• Allometric algorithms for needle biomass, LAI & litterfall -For. Tobin et al 2006 
  
• Inventory & eddycovariance estimates of annual C sequestration -EJFR Black et al 2007 
  
• Biomass in unthinned Sitka spruce stands -EJFR Green et al 2007 
  
• Biomass expansion factors -EJFR Tobin et al 2007 
  
• Assessment of soil CO2 flux and its components -Geoderma Saiz et al. 2007 
  
• Decay rates & Coarse Woody Debris -For. Tobin et al 2007 
  
• Carbon stocks & changes across a Sitka spruce chronosequence -For. Black et al. 2009 
  
• CWD stocks & decay dynamics -For Ecol & Man. Olajuyigbe et al. 2011 
  
• Thinning and ecosystem C exchange -AgForMet Saunders et al. 2012 
  
• Thinning and soil respiration -AgForMet Olajuyigbe et al. 2012 
  
• Woody root decomposition -Plant&Soil Olajuyigbe et al. 2012 
  
• Temperature and moisture effects on decomposing logs -Forestry Olajuyigbe et al. 2012 
  

Conference contributions

Posters:

• AGMET 2009: The growth response of Sitka spruce forest stands to severe drought events 
  
• SAFSVM Research Day 2009: Forest carbon stocks and the effect of thinning 
  
• COST Action FP0803 2010 (Zurich): The contribution of woody roots to SOC pool 
  
• European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2009: C Stocks of Peatlands under Forestry in Ireland 
  
• AGMET 2009: Impact of land-use change on greenhouse gas emissions 
  
• Teagasc Climate for change meeting, June 2010: Effect of climate and land-use change on on soil respiratory fluxes 
  
• COST Action FP0803 2010 (Ljubljana): CO2 and mass loss from decomposing woody litter 
  
• World Congress of Soil Science 2010 (Brisbane). Effect of Climate and land-use change on soil fluxes -Cacciotti et al. 2010 
  
• Teagasc: Climate for Change 2010 (Dublin). Impact of afforestation on GHG fluxes -Benanti et al. 2010 
  
• GHG Europe 2011 (Braunschweig, Germany). Effect of LUC and rewetting on GHGs -Benanti et al. 2011 
  
• GHG Europe 2011 (Braunschweig, Germany). Impact of affor on GHG balances of coniferous & deciduous forest ecosystems -Saunders et al. 2011 
  
• COST Action FP0803 2010 (Barcelona). Impact of afforestation on carbon stocks of Irish mineral soils -Reidy et al. 2011 
  

Climate Change and Forestry (CLIM-FO)

Climate change and forestry e-journal and newsletter. (Link)

CARBiFOR AFFILIATIONS

COST Actions

Project members are actively contributing to the following COST Actions and conference series:

• COST Action: ECHOES
• COST Action: Belowground carbon turnover in European forests
• TRACE (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology). An initiative of ATR (Link below)

Projects

CARBiFOR works with or contributes to the work of the following projects:

• ClimAdapt
• ForestSoilC
• CarboEurope-IP
• FLUXNET Project
• GHG Europe Project
• ICOS (Integrated Carbon Observation System)

LINKS

Carbon related links

• IPCC GPG LULUCF
• Mauna Loa atmospheric CO2 trend
• Global C Project
• European Forest Institute
• Association of Tree-Ring Research (ATR)
• Climate Change - Manipulation Experiments in Terrestrial Ecosystems (CLIMMANI)
• Centre for International Forest Research
• Forest Carbon Portal -good articles and news section


Forests and the Irish environment
• Carbon Cycles and Sinks Network
• Society of Irish Foresters
• Sustainable Energy Ireland
• Environmental Protection Agency

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