Fire Ecology

Table 4 Carbon lost by burn severity and vegetation type. The two greatest contributors to carbon emissions are live trees and litter and duff

From: Estimating the economic value of carbon losses from wildfires using publicly available data sources: Eagle Creek Fire, Oregon 2017

Carbon loss (Mg)
	Total live tree	Understory	Standing dead wood	Downed dead wood	Litter and duff	Soil	Total
High	155,061	17,535	24,540	57,604	234,133	13,718	502,591
Moderate	47,183	9744	14,342	25,454	115,751	5496	217,970
Low	6310	9019	546	27,552	153,123	4912	201,462
Very low	0	3699	0	17,597	74,216	0	95,511
Sum (Mg)	208,554	39,996	39,428	128,206	577,224	24,126	1,017,534

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