Are tropical forests an important carbon sink? Reanalysis of the long-term plot data

Ecological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-7

  Clark, Deborah A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b La Selva Biological Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Buttresses; Carbon sinks; Global; Global carbon budget; Neotropical forests; Old growth forest; Tree growth; Tropical forests; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON SINK; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 0036162605     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[0003:ATFAIC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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