Carbon storage and emissions offset potential in an African dry forest, the Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Kenya

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 142, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 85-95

  Glenday, Julia ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b eThekwini Municipality   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Arabuko Sokoke Forest; Carbon storage; Dry coastal forest; Forest management; Kenya; Land cover change

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; LAND USE; LOGGING (FORESTRY); SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ALLOMETRIC EQUATIONS; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON STORAGE;

FORESTRY;

CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DRY FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIMBER HARVESTING;

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STORAGE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; KENYA; LAND USE; LITTER FALL; REFORESTATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DOMINANCE; SPECTROSCOPY; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; VEGETATION;

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; LOGGING; SATELLITES; STUMPS;

AFRICA; ARABUKO-SOKOKE FOREST; COAST PROVINCE; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BRACHYSTEGIA SPICIFORMIS; CYNOMETRA; OTUS IRENEAE;

EID: 44949214856     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9910-0     Document Type: Article

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