List of works - Werner A. Kurz

A 100-year conservation experiment: Impacts on forest carbon stocks and fluxes

scientific article published in 2013

A Canadian upland forest soil profile and carbon stocks database

scientific article published on 24 January 2018

A Process‐Model Perspective on Recent Changes in the Carbon Cycle of North America

scientific article published in 2022

A practical approach for assessing the sensitivity of the Carbon Budget Model of the Canadian Forest Sector (CBM-CFS3)

article

A systems approach to assess climate change mitigation options in landscapes of the United States forest sector

scientific article published on 04 September 2018

Accelerating forest growth enhancement due to climate and atmospheric changes in British Colombia, Canada over 1956-2001

scientific article (publication date: 25 March 2014)

Accelerating regrowth of temperate-maritime forests due to environmental change

article

Accounting of forest carbon sinks and sources under a future climate protocol—factoring out past disturbance and management effects on age–class structure

Adaptive cluster sampling for estimation of deforestation rates

An ecosystem context for global gross forest cover loss estimates

scientific article

An inventory-based analysis of Canada's managed forest carbon dynamics, 1990 to 2008.

scientific article

Animating the Carbon Cycle

Application of the CBM-CFS3 model to estimate Italy's forest carbon budget, 1995–2020

article

Applying a systems approach to assess carbon emission reductions from climate change mitigation in Mexico’s forest sector

article by Marcela Olguin et al published 21 February 2018 in Environmental Research Letters

Approaches to monitoring changes in carbon stocks for REDD+

Approximating natural landscape pattern using aggregated harvest

Are Mosses Required to Accurately Predict Upland Black Spruce Forest Soil Carbon in National-Scale Forest C Accounting Models?

Attributing changes in land cover using independent disturbance datasets: a case study of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Belowground biomass dynamics in the Carbon Budget Model of the Canadian Forest Sector: recent improvements and implications for the estimation of NPP and NEP

article

Canadian boreal forests and climate change mitigation

article

Carbon dynamics on agricultural land reverting to woody land in Ontario, Canada.

scientific article

Carbon in Canada’s boreal forest — A synthesis

scientific article

Carbon sequestration and emission mitigation potential of afforestation and reforestation of unproductive territories

scientific article published in 2022

Choice of satellite imagery and attribution of changes to disturbance type strongly affects forest carbon balance estimates

scientific article

Climate change mitigation in British Columbia's forest sector: GHG reductions, costs, and environmental impacts

scientific article published on 01 October 2020

Climate change mitigation in Canada's forest sector: a spatially explicit case study for two regions

article

Climate change mitigation potential of local use of harvest residues for bioenergy in Canada

article

Climate change mitigation strategies in the forest sector: biophysical impacts and economic implications in British Columbia, Canada

article

Climate, economic, and environmental impacts of producing wood for bioenergy

scientific article

Comparing measured and modelled forest carbon stocks in high-boreal forests of harvest and natural-disturbance origin in Labrador, Canada

article

Conntribution of northern forests to the global C cycle: Canada as a case study

article

Constraining the organic matter decay parameters in the CBM-CFS3 using Canadian National Forest Inventory data and a Bayesian inversion technique

article

Cost of climate change mitigation in Canada’s forest sector

scientific article

Could increased boreal forest ecosystem productivity offset carbon losses from increased disturbances?

scientific article

Delineating managed land for reporting national greenhouse gas emissions and removals to the United Nations framework convention on climate change.

scientific article published on 29 May 2018

Effects of harvesting intensity on carbon stocks in eastern Canadian red spruce (Picea rubens) forests: An exploratory analysis using the CBM-CFS3 simulation model

article

Estimating carbon dynamics in forest carbon pools under IPCC standards in South Korea using CBM-CFS3

scientific article

Estimating direct carbon emissions from Canadian wildland fires

article

Estimating net primary production of forests in the Canadian Prairie Provinces using an inventory-based carbon budget model

article

Estimating product and energy substitution benefits in national-scale mitigation analyses for Canada

article

Estimation of snag carbon transfer rates by ecozone and lead species for forests in Canada.

scientific article published in December 2012

Evaluation of simulated estimates of forest ecosystem carbon stocks using ground plot data from Canada's National Forest Inventory

scientific article

Factoring out natural and indirect human effects on terrestrial carbon sources and sinks

article published in 2007

Fire-killed forest biomass for mills and communities and bioenergy GHG impacts

scientific article published in 2023

Forest soil decomposition and its contribution to heterotrophic respiration: A case study based on Canada

article

Future Spruce Budworm Outbreak May Create a Carbon Source in Eastern Canadian Forests

article

Habitat patterns in forested landscapes: management practices and the uncertainty associated with natural disturbances

Historic carbon budgets of Ontario’s forest ecosystems

scientific article published in 2002

If forest dynamics in Canada's west are driven mainly by competition, why did they change? Half-century evidence says: Climate change

scientific article published on 30 July 2015

Implications of differing input data sources and approaches upon forest carbon stock estimation

scientific article

Improved assessment of gross and net primary productivity of Canada's landmass

article

Improving carbon monitoring and reporting in forests using spatially-explicit information.

scientific article

Increasing net ecosystem biomass production of Canada's boreal and temperate forests despite decline in dry climates

article

Integration of Landsat time series and field plots for forest productivity estimates in decision support models

article

Interannual and spatial impacts of phenological transitions, growing season length, and spring and autumn temperatures on carbon sequestration: A North America flux data synthesis

article

Interannual variability of net carbon exchange is related to the lag between the end-dates of net carbon uptake and photosynthesis: Evidence from long records at two contrasting forest stands

article

Interannual variability of net ecosystem productivity in forests is explained by carbon flux phenology in autumn

scientific article published in 2013

Land surface phenology from optical satellite measurement and CO2eddy covariance technique

scholarly article

Large Soil Carbon Storage in Terrestrial Ecosystems of Canada

scientific article published in February 2022

Low Tree-Growth Elasticity of Forest Biomass Indicated by an Individual-Based Model

Mapping the environmental limitations to growth of coastal Douglas-fir stands on Vancouver Island, British Columbia

scientific article

Modelling forest carbon stock changes as affected by harvest and natural disturbances. I. Comparison with countries' estimates for forest management

scientific article

Modelling forest carbon stock changes as affected by harvest and natural disturbances. II. EU-level analysis

scientific article

Monitoring carbon stocks in the tropics and the remote sensing operational limitations: from local to regional projects.

scientific article

National level forest monitoring and modeling in Canada

article

National-scale estimates of forest root biomass carbon stocks and associated carbon fluxes in Canada

Natural climate solutions for Canada

scientific article

Negative impacts of high temperatures on growth of black spruce forests intensify with the anticipated climate warming

scientific article

No growth stimulation of Canada's boreal forest under half-century of combined warming and CO2 fertilization

scientific article

Reconciling estimates of the contemporary North American carbon balance among terrestrial biosphere models, atmospheric inversions, and a new approach for estimating net ecosystem exchange from inventory-based data

article

Reconciling global-model estimates and country reporting of anthropogenic forest CO2 sinks

article

Relationships between individual-tree mortality and water-balance variables indicate positive trends in water stress-induced tree mortality across North America

scientific article

Risk of natural disturbances makes future contribution of Canada's forests to the global carbon cycle highly uncertain

scientific article (publication date: 5 February 2008)

Science-based approach for credible accounting of mitigation in managed forests.

scientific article published on 17 May 2018

Simulating impacts of water stress on woody biomass in the southern boreal region of western Canada using a dynamic vegetation model

article

Temporal changes of forest net primary production and net ecosystem production in west central Canada associated with natural and anthropogenic disturbances

article

The European forest carbon budget under future climate conditions and current management practices

scientific article published on 13 July 2022

The European forest sector: past and future carbon budget and fluxes under different management scenarios

scientific article published in 2017

The carbon implications of large-scale afforestation of agriculturally marginal land with short-rotation willow in Saskatchewan

The impact of tropospheric ozone on landscape-level merchantable biomass and ecosystem carbon in Canadian forests

article

Tree Ring Reconstructions of Stemwood Biomass Indicate Increases in the Growth Rate of Black Spruce Trees Across Boreal Forests of Canada

scientific article published in 2019

Uncertainty of 21st century growing stocks and GHG balance of forests in British Columbia, Canada resulting from potential climate change impacts on ecosystem processes

article

Under what circumstances can the forest sector contribute to 2050 climate change mitigation targets? A study from forest ecosystems to landfill methane emissions for the province of Quebec, Canada

scientific article published in 2023

Wood energy: protect local ecosystems

scientific article

List of works by Werner A. Kurz

A 100-year conservation experiment: Impacts on forest carbon stocks and fluxes

A Canadian upland forest soil profile and carbon stocks database

A Process‐Model Perspective on Recent Changes in the Carbon Cycle of North America

A practical approach for assessing the sensitivity of the Carbon Budget Model of the Canadian Forest Sector (CBM-CFS3)

A systems approach to assess climate change mitigation options in landscapes of the United States forest sector

Accelerating forest growth enhancement due to climate and atmospheric changes in British Colombia, Canada over 1956-2001

Accelerating regrowth of temperate-maritime forests due to environmental change

Accounting of forest carbon sinks and sources under a future climate protocol—factoring out past disturbance and management effects on age–class structure

Adaptive cluster sampling for estimation of deforestation rates

An ecosystem context for global gross forest cover loss estimates

An inventory-based analysis of Canada's managed forest carbon dynamics, 1990 to 2008.

Animating the Carbon Cycle

Application of the CBM-CFS3 model to estimate Italy's forest carbon budget, 1995–2020

Applying a systems approach to assess carbon emission reductions from climate change mitigation in Mexico’s forest sector

Approaches to monitoring changes in carbon stocks for REDD+

Approximating natural landscape pattern using aggregated harvest

Are Mosses Required to Accurately Predict Upland Black Spruce Forest Soil Carbon in National-Scale Forest C Accounting Models?

Attributing changes in land cover using independent disturbance datasets: a case study of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Belowground biomass dynamics in the Carbon Budget Model of the Canadian Forest Sector: recent improvements and implications for the estimation of NPP and NEP

Canadian boreal forests and climate change mitigation

Carbon dynamics on agricultural land reverting to woody land in Ontario, Canada.

Carbon in Canada’s boreal forest — A synthesis

Carbon sequestration and emission mitigation potential of afforestation and reforestation of unproductive territories

Choice of satellite imagery and attribution of changes to disturbance type strongly affects forest carbon balance estimates

Climate change mitigation in British Columbia's forest sector: GHG reductions, costs, and environmental impacts

Climate change mitigation in Canada's forest sector: a spatially explicit case study for two regions

Climate change mitigation potential of local use of harvest residues for bioenergy in Canada

Climate change mitigation strategies in the forest sector: biophysical impacts and economic implications in British Columbia, Canada

Climate, economic, and environmental impacts of producing wood for bioenergy

Comparing measured and modelled forest carbon stocks in high-boreal forests of harvest and natural-disturbance origin in Labrador, Canada

Conntribution of northern forests to the global C cycle: Canada as a case study

Constraining the organic matter decay parameters in the CBM-CFS3 using Canadian National Forest Inventory data and a Bayesian inversion technique

Cost of climate change mitigation in Canada’s forest sector

Could increased boreal forest ecosystem productivity offset carbon losses from increased disturbances?

Delineating managed land for reporting national greenhouse gas emissions and removals to the United Nations framework convention on climate change.

Effects of harvesting intensity on carbon stocks in eastern Canadian red spruce (Picea rubens) forests: An exploratory analysis using the CBM-CFS3 simulation model

Estimating carbon dynamics in forest carbon pools under IPCC standards in South Korea using CBM-CFS3

Estimating direct carbon emissions from Canadian wildland fires

Estimating net primary production of forests in the Canadian Prairie Provinces using an inventory-based carbon budget model

Estimating product and energy substitution benefits in national-scale mitigation analyses for Canada

Estimation of snag carbon transfer rates by ecozone and lead species for forests in Canada.

Evaluation of simulated estimates of forest ecosystem carbon stocks using ground plot data from Canada's National Forest Inventory

Factoring out natural and indirect human effects on terrestrial carbon sources and sinks

Fire-killed forest biomass for mills and communities and bioenergy GHG impacts

Forest soil decomposition and its contribution to heterotrophic respiration: A case study based on Canada

Future Spruce Budworm Outbreak May Create a Carbon Source in Eastern Canadian Forests

Habitat patterns in forested landscapes: management practices and the uncertainty associated with natural disturbances

Historic carbon budgets of Ontario’s forest ecosystems

If forest dynamics in Canada's west are driven mainly by competition, why did they change? Half-century evidence says: Climate change

Implications of differing input data sources and approaches upon forest carbon stock estimation

Improved assessment of gross and net primary productivity of Canada's landmass

Improving carbon monitoring and reporting in forests using spatially-explicit information.

Increasing net ecosystem biomass production of Canada's boreal and temperate forests despite decline in dry climates

Integration of Landsat time series and field plots for forest productivity estimates in decision support models

Interannual and spatial impacts of phenological transitions, growing season length, and spring and autumn temperatures on carbon sequestration: A North America flux data synthesis

Interannual variability of net carbon exchange is related to the lag between the end-dates of net carbon uptake and photosynthesis: Evidence from long records at two contrasting forest stands

Interannual variability of net ecosystem productivity in forests is explained by carbon flux phenology in autumn

Land surface phenology from optical satellite measurement and CO2eddy covariance technique

Large Soil Carbon Storage in Terrestrial Ecosystems of Canada

Low Tree-Growth Elasticity of Forest Biomass Indicated by an Individual-Based Model

Mapping the environmental limitations to growth of coastal Douglas-fir stands on Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Modelling forest carbon stock changes as affected by harvest and natural disturbances. I. Comparison with countries' estimates for forest management

Modelling forest carbon stock changes as affected by harvest and natural disturbances. II. EU-level analysis

Monitoring carbon stocks in the tropics and the remote sensing operational limitations: from local to regional projects.

National level forest monitoring and modeling in Canada

National-scale estimates of forest root biomass carbon stocks and associated carbon fluxes in Canada

Natural climate solutions for Canada

Negative impacts of high temperatures on growth of black spruce forests intensify with the anticipated climate warming

No growth stimulation of Canada's boreal forest under half-century of combined warming and CO2 fertilization

Reconciling estimates of the contemporary North American carbon balance among terrestrial biosphere models, atmospheric inversions, and a new approach for estimating net ecosystem exchange from inventory-based data

Reconciling global-model estimates and country reporting of anthropogenic forest CO2 sinks

Relationships between individual-tree mortality and water-balance variables indicate positive trends in water stress-induced tree mortality across North America

Risk of natural disturbances makes future contribution of Canada's forests to the global carbon cycle highly uncertain

Science-based approach for credible accounting of mitigation in managed forests.

Simulating impacts of water stress on woody biomass in the southern boreal region of western Canada using a dynamic vegetation model

Temporal changes of forest net primary production and net ecosystem production in west central Canada associated with natural and anthropogenic disturbances

The European forest carbon budget under future climate conditions and current management practices

The European forest sector: past and future carbon budget and fluxes under different management scenarios

The carbon implications of large-scale afforestation of agriculturally marginal land with short-rotation willow in Saskatchewan