A review of protocols used for assessment of carbon stock in forested landscapes

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 16, Issue , 2012, Pages 81-89

  Qureshi, Ashi ^a   Pariva, ^a   Badola, Ruchi ^a   Hussain, Syed Ainul ^a  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon model; Carbon pool; Carbon stock assessment; Forested landscape; REDD+

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON STOCK; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; ACCURACY; BELOW GROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS; BIOMASS EXPANSION FACTOR; BIOMASS EXPANSION FACTOR METHOD; CARBON FLUX MEASUREMENT USING EDDY COVARIANCE TECHNIQUE; CARBON FLUX METHOD; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE INFRARED FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROSCOPY; FOREST; FOREST INVENTORY BASED APPROACH METHOD; FOREST YIELD METHOD; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INGROWTH CORE METHOD; LANDSCAPE; LOSS ON IGNITION METHOD; METHODOLOGY; MINIRHIZOTRON METHOD; NITROGEN BUDGET APPROACH; NONDESTRUCTIVE TECHNIQUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGICAL BASED MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; REMOTE SENSING BASED MODEL; REVIEW; SEQUENTIAL SOIL CORING METHOD; VEGETATION; WALKLEY BLACK METHOD;

EID: 83455219569     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2011.11.001     Document Type: Review

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