Aboveground biomass in mature and secondary seasonally dry tropical forests: A literature review and global synthesis

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 276, Issue , 2012, Pages 88-95

  Becknell, Justin M ^a   Kissing Kucek, Lisa ^a   Powers, Jennifer S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon storage; Forest succession; Seasonally dry tropical forest; Secondary tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; CARBON BUDGETS; CARBON STORAGE; CLIMATIC VARIABLES; DRY TROPICAL FORESTS; FOREST SUCCESSION; GLOBAL SYNTHESIS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; LOCAL POLICIES; MANAGEMENT TOOL; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; RANGE DATA; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; SUCCESSIONAL STAGES; TROPICAL FOREST;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; REFORESTATION;

BIOMASS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOME; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLEARCUTTING; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; DRY FOREST; FOREST COVER; LITERATURE REVIEW; LOCAL PLANNING; MATURATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGENERATION; SEASONALITY; SECONDARY FOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 84861422052     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.03.033     Document Type: Review

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