Distribution of aboveground live biomass in the Amazon basin

Global Change Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 816-837

  Saatchi, Sassan ^a   Houghton, R A ^b   Dos Santos Alvala R C ^c   Soares, J V ^c   Yu, Y ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Biomass; Cimate; Rainforest; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALLOMETRY; CARBON FLUX; FOREST INVENTORY; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; RAINFOREST; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AMAZON BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34247324422     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01323.x     Document Type: Article

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