Spatial and temporal variation of carbon stocks in a lowland tropical forest in West Africa

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 289, Issue , 2013, Pages 10-17

  Lindsell, Jeremy A ^a   Klop, Erik ^a,b  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b Altenburg and Wymenga Ecological Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass; Carbon; REDD; Sierra Leone; Upper Guinea

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; CARBON CONTENT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STOCKS; EMPIRICAL DATA; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOREST CONSERVATION; FOREST TYPE; HUMAN IMPACT; MITIGATION STRATEGY; REDD; SIERRA LEONE; SMALL SCALE; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TROPICAL FOREST; UPPER GUINEA; WEST AFRICA;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CONSERVATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; SURVEYS;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH RATE; LOGGING (TIMBER); LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; GUINEA; SIERRA LEONE; SURVEYS;

GUINEA; SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 84869875744     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.09.045     Document Type: Article

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