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Carbon stability is an important feature in carbon sequestration calculations
because carbon turnover – high levels of loss, even if followed by high rates
of sequestration – are not as ecologically beneficial as high residency rates
for carbon and larger pool values, particularly when stored in large live
trees which have many other ecological benefits. The carbon in dead biomass is
considered a more unstable component of the carbon pool itself, and a
potential destabilizing factor for the live carbon pool in fire-adapted forest
ecosystems, especially where it exceeds certain thresholds (e.g., over 46 Mg
(total biomass)/ha, Stephens et al., 2022).

The carbon stability element is described and represented by a single metric,
aboveground carbon turnover time (indicated by asterisk).

* Metric Name: Element Representation: Carbon Stability  

* Unit Of Measure: Condition score, +1 to -1  

* Translation: Where is carbon stability the highest?