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Table 3 Crosswalk table used to connect U.S. forest type-groups used in LUCAS to Ecozones, Provinces and species types from the CBM-CFS3 model

From: Operational assessment tool for forest carbon dynamics for the United States: a new spatially explicit approach linking the LUCAS and CBM-CFS3 models

CBM_Ecozone

CBM_Province

CBM_Species

LUCAS_Species

a

b

Temp

MRI

Mixedwood Plains

Ontario

Jack pine

Forest: White/Red/Jack Pine Group

239.99

0.04

6.81

125

Atlantic Maritime

Quebec

Spruce—Genus type

Forest: Spruce/Fir Group

120.32

0.03

4.64

125

Mixedwood Plains

Ontario

Pine—Genus type

Forest: Longleaf/Slash Pine Group

148.94

0.08

19.62

125

Mixedwood Plains

Ontario

Pine—Genus type

Forest: Loblolly/Shortleaf Pine Group

225.70

0.08

17.47

125

Montane Cordillera

British Columbia

Other softwoods

Forest: Pinyon/Juniper Group

56.62

0.02

9.74

150

Pacific Maritime

British Columbia

Douglas-fir—Genus type

Forest: Douglas-fir Group

597.10

0.03

7.17

300

Montane Cordillera

British Columbia

Ponderosa pine

Forest: Ponderosa Pine Group

152.73

0.03

7.56

150

Pacific Maritime

British Columbia

Western white pine

Forest: Western White Pine Group

228.52

0.02

9.75

300

Montane Cordillera

British Columbia

Mountain hemlock

Forest: Fir/Spruce/Mountain Hemlock Group

241.10

0.03

3.80

150

Montane Cordillera

British Columbia

Lodgepole pine

Forest: Lodgepole Pine Group

203.42

0.03

3.14

150

Pacific Maritime

British Columbia

Sitka spruce

Forest: Hemlock/Sitka Spruce Group

736.44

0.04

8.38

300

Montane Cordillera

British Columbia

Western larch

Forest: Western Larch Group

298.51

0.03

5.31

150

Pacific Maritime

British Columbia

Other softwoods

Forest: Redwood Group

1907.28

0.01

12.69

1000

Montane Cordillera

British Columbia

Other softwoods

Forest: Other Western Softwood Group

138.36

0.01

2.47

150

Montane Cordillera

British Columbia

Other softwoods

Forest: California Mixed Conifer Group

477.09

0.02

10.40

150

Montane Cordillera

British Columbia

Other softwoods

Forest: Exotic Softwoods Group

363.02

0.03

7.63

150

Mixedwood Plains

Ontario

Oak

Forest: Oak/Pine Group

191.02

0.05

16.80

125

Mixedwood Plains

Ontario

Hickory

Forest: Oak/Hickory Group

206.02

0.04

13.22

125

Mixedwood Plains

Ontario

Cypress

Forest: Oak/Gum/Cypress Group

289.99

0.03

18.33

125

Mixedwood Plains

Ontario

Ash

Forest: Elm/Ash/Cottonwood Group

155.53

0.05

14.23

125

Atlantic Maritime

Quebec

Maple

Forest: Maple/Beech/Birch Group

229.04

0.03

6.71

125

Boreal Shield West

Ontario

Birch

Forest: Aspen/Birch Group

146.48

0.04

5.15

75

Pacific Maritime

British Columbia

Alder

Forest: Alder/Maple Group

436.17

0.05

10.47

300

Montane Cordillera

British Columbia

Oak

Forest: Western Oak Group

130.24

0.02

12.89

150

Pacific Maritime

British Columbia

Other hardwoods

Forest: Tanoak/Laurel Group

476.90

0.04

13.12

300

Montane Cordillera

British Columbia

Other hardwoods

Forest: Other Western Hardwoods Group

130.24

0.02

12.81

150

Mixedwood Plains

Ontario

Other hardwoods

Forest: Tropical Hardwoods Group

206.48

0.02

22.08

125

Mixedwood Plains

Ontario

Other hardwoods

Forest: Exotic Hardwoods Group

67.94

0.09

19.23

125

  1. a and b parameters define the asymptote and rate of approach to the asymptote, respectively. Temp is the mean annual temperature across the species range; MRI is the mean historical fire return interval in years