Tropical montane forests are a larger than expected global carbon store

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2741-2754

  Spracklen, D V ^a   Righelato, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DATA SET; FOREST COVER; FOREST INVENTORY; MONTANE FOREST; REMOTE SENSING; SLOPE DYNAMICS;

EID: 84901410523     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-2741-2014     Document Type: Article

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