Local spatial structure of forest biomass and its consequences for remote sensing of carbon stocks

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 6827-6840

  Rejou Mechain M ^a   Muller Landau, H C ^b   Detto, M ^b   Thomas, S C ^c   Le Toan, T ^d   Saatchi, S S ^e   Barreto Silva, J S ^f   Bourg, N A ^g   Bunyavejchewin, S ^h   Butt, N ^i,j   Brockelman, W Y ^k   Cao, M ^l   Cardenas D ^f   Chiang, J M ^m   Chuyong, G B ⁿ   Clay, K ^o   Condit, R ^b   Dattaraja, H S ^p   Davies, S J ^b   Duque, A ^q   Esufali, S ^r   Ewango, C ^s   Fernando, R H S ^t   Fletcher, C D ^u   N Gunatilleke, I A U ^r   Hao, Z ^v   Harms, K E ^w   Hart, T B ^x   Herault B ^y   Howe, R W ^z   Hubbell, S P ^b,aa   Johnson, D J ^o   Kenfack, D ^ab   Larson, A J ^ac   Lin, L ^l   Lin, Y ^m   Lutz, J A ^ad   Makana, J R ^ae   Malhi, Y ⁱ   Marthews, T R ⁱ   Mcewan, R W ^af   Mcmahon, S M ^ag   Mcshea, W J ^g   Muscarella, R ^ah   Nathalang, A ^k   Noor, N S M ^u   Nytch, C J ^ai   Oliveira, A A ^aj   Phillips, R P ^o   Pongpattananurak, N ^ak   Punchi Manage, R ^al   Salim, R ^u   Schurman, J ^c   Sukumar, R ^p   Suresh, H S ^p   Suwanvecho, U ^k   Thomas, D W ^am   Thompson, J ^ai,an   Uriarte M ^ah   Valencia, R ^ao   Vicentini, A ^ap   Wolf, A T ^z   Yap, S ^aq   Yuan, Z ^v   Zartman, C E ^ap   Zimmerman, J K ^ai   Chave, J ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d CESBIO   (France)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f INSTITUTO AMAZÓNICO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS SINCHI   (Colombia)

^g SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL PARKS   (Thailand)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^k Ecology Laboratory Bioresources Technology Unit   (Thailand)

^l CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^m TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^o INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^q UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^r UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^s WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Congo)

^t Centre de Formation et de Recherche en Conservation Forestière ^*  (Sri Lanka)

^u FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^v INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^w LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^x Project TL2   (Congo)

^y Campus Agronomique   (France)

^z UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY   (United States)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^ab HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^ad UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ae Wildlife Conservation Society DRC Program   (Congo)

^af UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^ag SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^ah Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^ak KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^al UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^am OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^an CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^ao PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^ap INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^aq University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FOREST COVER; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DATA;

EID: 84914113473     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-6827-2014     Document Type: Article

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