Estimating aboveground tree biomass in three different miombo woodlands and associated land use systems in Malawi

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 214-222

  Kuyah, Shem ^a,b   Sileshi, Gudeta W ^a   Njoloma, Joyce ^a   Mng'omba, Simon ^a   Neufeldt, Henry ^a  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Allometric equations; Biomass estimates; Carbon stocks; Southern Africa; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE;

ABOVEGROUND TREE BIOMASS; ALLOMETRIC EQUATIONS; CARBON STOCKS; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; DIAMETER-AT-BREAST HEIGHTS; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; LIMITED INFORMATION; SOUTHERN AFRICA;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALLOMETRY; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST INVENTORY; GLOBAL CHANGE; LAND USE; SMALLHOLDER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WOODLAND;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON; EQUATIONS; FORESTRY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

MALAWI; SOUTH AFRICA;

FAIDHERBIA ALBIDA; MANGIFERA INDICA; PILIOSTIGMA THONNINGII;

EID: 84901588540     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2014.02.005     Document Type: Article

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