Forest biomass recovery after conventional and reduced-impact logging in Amazonian Brazil

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 314, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-63

  West, Thales A P ^a,b   Vidal, Edson ^b,c   Putz, Francis E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Instituto do Homem e Meio Ambiente da Amazonia IMAZON   (Brazil)

^d CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Biomass; Climate change mitigation; Forest management; Forest structure; REDD+

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; CONVENTIONAL LOGGING; FOREST STRUCTURE; REDD; REDUCED-IMPACT LOGGING; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GASES; RECOVERY;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; LOGGING (TIMBER); MORTALITY; PHYTOMASS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GASES; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; PARA [BRAZIL]; PARAGOMINAS;

EID: 84890746514     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.11.022     Document Type: Article

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