Carbon budget of tropical forests in Southeast Asia and the effects of deforestation: An approach using a process-based model and field measurements

Biogeosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2635-2647

  Adachi, M ^a   Ito, A ^a   Ishida, A ^b   Kadir, W R ^c   Ladpala, P ^d   Yamagata, Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL PARKS   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE CHANGE; MONOCOTYLEDON; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL CARBON; TROPICAL FOREST;

SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ELAEIS;

EID: 80053112805     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-2635-2011     Document Type: Article

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