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The physical risks of reforestation as a strategy to offset global climate change

Moulton, R. J. and J. F. Kelly

Assessment of physical risks is important with respect to costs and carbon yields from tree planting. Plantation losses were estimated for the Southern U.S. Commercial timber harvests are the principal cause of losses. Excluding harvesting losses, the annual survival rate is 98.4 percent. Wildfire, insects, and inclement weather are not major factors; diseases are the leading cause of mortality, but affect only a small number of plantations.

Fiscal Year: fy98 ·  Problem Area: pa98-5 ·  Theme: cctrgnas ·  Source: resunit   <== Explain

Citation: Moulton, R. J. and J. F. Kelly. 1997. The physical risks of reforestation as a strategy to offset global climate change. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology 27(Special):S245-S257.

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