Long-term carbon loss and recovery following selective logging in Amazon forests

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Huang, Maoyi ^a,b   Asner, Gregory P ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMAZON DEFORESTATION; AMAZON FORESTS; ATMOSPHERIC CO; BRAZILIAN AMAZON; C EMISSIONS; C MODELING; CARBON EMISSIONS; CARBON LOSS; CARBON MARKETS; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; FOREST DEGRADATION; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH RESOLUTION REMOTE SENSING; MODELING APPROACH; RAIN FORESTS; SATELLITE MONITORING; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT;

DEBRIS; DEFORESTATION; RECOVERY; REMOTE SENSING;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

CARBON EMISSION; CARBON FLUX; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DEFORESTATION; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INCENTIVE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PHYTOMASS; RAINFOREST; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SOIL CARBON;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL;

EID: 77957699265     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GB003727     Document Type: Article

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