Carbon stock dynamics in different vegetation dominated community forests under REDD+: A case from Nepal

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 327, Issue , 2014, Pages 40-47

  Pandey, Shiva Shankar ^a,b   Maraseni, Tek Narayan ^b   Cockfield, Geoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon increment; Nepal; Shorea robusta

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMISSION CONTROL; VEGETATION;

COMMUNITY-BASED FOREST MANAGEMENTS; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; FUNDING AGENCIES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MONITORING AND EVALUATIONS; NEPAL; REDD; SHOREA ROBUSTA; CARBON STOCKS; COMMUNITY FOREST;

FORESTRY;

CARBON FLUX; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; OPTIMIZATION;

CARBON; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMISSION; FORESTRY; PLANTS; SHOREA ROBUSTA;

NEPAL;

SHOREA ROBUSTA;

EID: 84901236497     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.04.028     Document Type: Article

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