Dynamics of aboveground carbon stocks in a selectively logged tropical forest

Ecological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1397-1404

  Blanc, Lilian ^a   Echard, Marion ^a   Herault, Bruno ^b   Bonal, Damien ^c   Marcon, Eric ^d   Chave, Jérôme ^e   Baraloto, Christopher ^c  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^c Campus Agronomique   (France)

^d AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Carbon sequestration; Deforestation; French Guiana; Global change; Timber stand improvement; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEFORESTATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SIMULATION; TIMBER HARVESTING; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; FORESTRY; FRENCH GUIANA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

CARBON; FORESTRY; FRENCH GUIANA; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

FRENCH GUIANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 69449105142     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1572.1     Document Type: Article

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