Ecosystem carbon emissions from 2015 forest fires in interior Alaska

Table 5 Previous estimates of carbon emissions from forest fires in Alaska

Forest stratum	Kg C m⁻²	Fraction consumed			References
Forest stratum	Kg C m⁻²	HBS	MBS	LBS	References
Aboveground biomass	2.23	0.42	0.34	0.13	Tan et al. [26]
	2.00				Mack et al. [22]
	3.50				Kane and Vogel [16]
Surface organic layer	5.85	0.59	0.39	0.23	Tan et al. [26]
	6.15				Turetsky et al. [28]
	7.70				French et al. [10]
	4.28				Troth et al. [27]
	6.30				Kane and Vogel [16]
Mineral topsoil	10.23				Kane and Vogel [16]^a

^a Estimated based on normalization to soil carbon stocks from 100 years since last disturbance of the sites studied

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