Relationships between tree species diversity and above-ground biomass in Central African rainforests: Implications for REDD

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 64-72

  Day, Michael ^a   Baldauf, Cristina ^b   Rutishauser, Ervan ^a   Sunderland, Terry C H ^a  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DO SEMI ÁRIDO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomass; Central Africa; REDD; Species diversity; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; BIOMASS; CARBON; TROPICS;

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CENTRAL AFRICA; REDD; REDUCING EMISSIONS; TREE SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST; CORRELATION;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLIMATES; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; FORESTS; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES;

CENTRAL AFRICA;

EID: 84896519787     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892913000295     Document Type: Article

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