Reply: Volume increment and carbon dynamics in old boreal forests

•The original paper fills a knowledge gap of volume increment in old forests using exploratory empirical analysis.•The non-declining volume increment is not masked by unbalanced stand densities across stand age.•Experimental data from even-aged forests are needed to test alternative hypotheses about...

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Published in:Forest ecology and management 2021-09, Vol.495, p.119326, Article 119326
Main Author: Stokland, Jogeir N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Annual increment
Climate change mitigation efficiency
Old boreal forest
Stand density
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Summary:•The original paper fills a knowledge gap of volume increment in old forests using exploratory empirical analysis.•The non-declining volume increment is not masked by unbalanced stand densities across stand age.•Experimental data from even-aged forests are needed to test alternative hypotheses about volume increment in old forests. This reply clarifies an ambiguity concerning stand structure and representativeness of the results concerning even-aged and uneven-aged boreal forests. The key finding of non-declining volume increment with increasing age in old forest appears to be robust against the critique from Brunner (2021). Two alternative hypotheses concerning volume increment in forest older than standard rotation age are formally proposed.
ISSN:0378-1127
1872-7042
DOI:10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119326