Biomass accumulation in tropical lands with different disturbance histories: Contrasts within one landscape and across regions

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 269, Issue , 2012, Pages 293-300

  Omeja, Patrick A ^a   Obua, Joseph ^a   Rwetsiba, Aggrey ^b   Chapman, Colin A ^a,c,d  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UGANDA WILDLIFE AUTHORITY   (Uganda)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Biomass accumulation; Carbon sequestration; Regeneration rate; Restoration

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; BIOMASS ACCUMULATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEGRADED SITES; DIFFERENT SCALE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; ME-XICO; NATIONAL PARKS; REGENERATION RATE; SECONDARY FORESTS; SITE-SPECIFIC; SMALL SCALE; TREE SPECIES; TROPICAL FOREST; TROPICAL LANDS;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; TROPICS;

BIOMASS;

ABANDONED LAND; ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FINANCIAL PROVISION; LAND USE CHANGE; REGENERATION; SECONDARY FOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

BRAZIL; KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UGANDA;

EID: 84856583007     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.12.044     Document Type: Article

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