ABSTRACT
In Situ Carbon Sequestration ......................................................................................................... 196 The Forest Carbon Cycle: The Relationship between Net Primary Production, Gross Primary Production, Net Ecosystem Production, and Ecosystem Respiration ......................... 196 Heterotrophic Respiration and Net Ecosystem Productivity..................................................... 198 Disturbance and Net Ecosystem Productivity ........................................................................... 199
Ex Situ Carbon Sequestration .........................................................................................................200 Pulse and Press Disturbances, Forest Productivity, and Carbon Sequestration ............................. 201 Examples of Press Disturbances .................................................................................................... 201
Increased Temperature and/or Decreased Precipitation on Productivity .................................. 201 Forest Soil C and Climate Change ............................................................................................203 Elevated Atmospheric CO2 ........................................................................................................205
Example of a Pulse Disturbance ....................................................................................................208 Hurricanes .................................................................................................................................208
Regional Estimates of Forest Productivity and Responses to Climate Change ............................. 210 Case Studies ................................................................................................................................... 212
