Estimating carbon stock in secondary forests: Decisions and uncertainties associated with allometric biomass models

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1648-1657

  Van Breugel, Michiel ^a   Ransijn, Johannes ^a,b,c   Craven, Dylan ^a,d   Bongers, Frans ^b   Hall, Jefferson S ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Carbon; Secondary succession; Tree allometry; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALLOMETRIC MODELS; ALLOMETRICS; BIOMASS MEASUREMENTS; BIOMASS MODELS; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON SINK; CARBON STOCKS; FOREST INVENTORY DATA; HIGH VARIABILITY; LOCAL MODEL; MODEL CHOICE; MODEL FITTING; MULTI SPECIES MODEL; PREDICTOR VARIABLES; REGRESSION MODEL; RELATIVE ERRORS; RELIABLE ESTIMATES; SECONDARY FORESTS; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; TREE ALLOMETRY; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA HANDLING; ESTIMATION; PLANT EXTRACTS; REFORESTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVEGETATION;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ABUNDANCE; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALLOMETRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH MODELING; HARVESTING; REFORESTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SECONDARY FOREST; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; TROPICAL FOREST; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 80051804428     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.07.018     Document Type: Article

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