Abstract
Establishment of biomass fuel plantations in Florida could convert as many as 224 000 ha year −1 to intensively managed sites with rotations of 2–8 years. A simulation model for slash pine ( Pinus elliottii) forests predicts that 30–40% less carbon would be stored in north Florida forests over 24 years by planting 40 000 ha year −1 of slash pine biomass plantations with an 8-year rotation. Similar impacts on regional carbon cycles should occur wherever old-growth forests are replaced by short rotation biomass plantations.
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