Uncertainty in below-ground carbon biomass for major land covers in Southeast Asia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 310, Issue , 2013, Pages 915-926

  Yuen, Jia Qi ^a   Ziegler, Alan D ^a   Webb, Edward L ^a   Ryan, Casey M ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Land cover change; REDD+; Roots; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; ALLOMETRIC EQUATIONS; DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES; LAND-COVER CHANGE; OIL PALM PLANTATIONS; REDD; ROOTS;

BIOMASS; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PALM OIL; RUBBER PLANTATIONS; TROPICS; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGROFORESTRY; ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SHRUB; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ELAEIS; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84888131571     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.09.042     Document Type: Review

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