Modelling carbon stocks and fluxes in the wood product sector: a comparative review.

ABSTRACT: In addition to forest ecosystems, wood products are carbon pools that can be strategically managed to mitigate climate change. Wood product models (WPMs) simulating the carbon balance of wood production, use and end of life can complement forest growth models to evaluate the mitigation potential of the forest sector as a whole. WPMs can be used to compare scenarios of product use and explore mitigation strategies. A considerable number of WPMs have been developed in the last three decades, but there is no review available analysing their functionality and performance. This study analyses and compares 41 WPMs. One surprising initial result was that we discovered the erroneous implementation of a few concepts and assumptions in some of the models. We further described and compared the models

SUBMITTER: Brunet-Navarro P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4949703 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature