Factors influencing spatial pattern in tropical forest clearance and stand age: Implications for carbon storage and species diversity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Helmer, E H ^a   Brandeis, Thomas J ^b   Lugo, Ariel E ^a   Kennaway, Todd ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FOREST CLEARANCE; FOREST INVENTORY; MODELING; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 51449119424     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JG000568     Document Type: Article

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