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Comment
. 2019 Mar 5;116(10):3962-3964.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1900797116. Epub 2019 Feb 19.

Forest age improves understanding of the global carbon sink

Kai Zhu  1 , Yiluan Song  2 , Clara Qin  2
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Forest age improves understanding of the global carbon sink

Kai Zhu et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
History of changing forests in New England. (A) Presettlement forests in 1700 consisted of old-growth stands dominated by conifers and broadleaf trees. (B) At the height of agriculture in 1830, most of the forests were cleared for tillage and pasture. (C) Farming advanced to the Midwest and declined in New England, setting the stage for regrowth forests; this started with conifers in 1910, followed by hardwoods. (D) The modern forest landscape is characterized by an expanse of maturing trees in a state of regrowth. The historical perspective shows that forests carry legacies of human activities and help inform the prediction and management of future forests and the terrestrial carbon sink. Images courtesy of Harvard Forest.
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  • Role of forest regrowth in global carbon sink dynamics.
    Pugh TAM, Lindeskog M, Smith B, Poulter B, Arneth A, Haverd V, Calle L. Pugh TAM, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Mar 5;116(10):4382-4387. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1810512116. Epub 2019 Feb 19. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019. PMID: 30782807 Free PMC article.

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