Measuring and modelling above-ground carbon and tree allometry along a tropical elevation gradient

Biological Conservation

Volumn 154, Issue , 2012, Pages 20-33

  Marshall, A R ^a,b   Willcock, S ^c   Platts, P J ^a,d   Lovett, J C ^a,e   Balmford, A ^d   Burgess, N D ^d,f,g   Latham, J E ^a   Munishi, P K T ^h   Salter, R ^a   Shirima, D D ^h   Lewis, S L ^c,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b Flamingo Land Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^f WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

^g SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometry; Climate change; Conservation; Eastern Arc; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION DECLINE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

TANZANIA;

EID: 84865709642     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.03.017     Document Type: Article

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