Carbon sequestration in tropical forests and water: A critical look at the basis for commonly used generalizations

Global Change Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 599-604

  Malmer, Anders ^a   Murdiyarso, Daniel ^b   Sampurno Bruijnzeel, L A ^c   Ilstedt, Ulrik ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Dry season streamflow; Groundwater; Hydrological model; REDD; Transpiration; Tropical forest; Water budget

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; REFORESTATION; TRANSPIRATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RELATIONS; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 77954363863     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01984.x     Document Type: Article

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