Assessment of aboveground carbon in primary and selectively harvested tropical forest in papua New Guinea

Biotropica

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 410-419

  Fox, Julian C ^a   Yosi, Cossey K ^a,b   Nimiago, Patrick ^b   Oavika, Forova ^b   Pokana, Joe N ^c   Lavong, Kunsey ^b   Keenan, Rodney J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Papua New Guinea Forest Research Institute   (Papua New Guinea)

^c National Department of Health   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Biomass; Deforestation; Degradation; Permanent plot; REDD; Secondary; Selective harvesting

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOME; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SELECTIVE LOGGING; TROPICAL FOREST;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 77955024105     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00617.x     Document Type: Article

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