It considered the #carbon stored above ground in tree trunks and branches but not the gains and losses below ground from #soil and #roots.

#DrRaphaelTrouve, who studies forest dynamics at the #UniversityOfMelbourne and was not involved in the study, said the research highlighted the value of collecting and maintaining long term data.

Trouve’s own research published earlier this year, which found #MountainAsh forests were thinning rapidly under drier and hotter conditions,

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