Analysis of biophysical and anthropogenic variables and their relation to the regional spatial variation of aboveground biomass illustrated for North and East Kalimantan, Borneo

Carbon Balance and Management

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Van der Laan, Carina ^a   Verweij, Pita A ^a   Quiñones, Marcela J ^b   Faaij, André P C ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SarVision BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Biophysical and anthropogenic variables; Disturbance; East Kalimantan; Geographically weighted regression; Multiple regression; North Kalimantan; Spatial analysis; Tropical forest landscapes

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON EMISSION; DISTURBANCE; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

BORNEO; EAST KALIMANTAN; INDONESIA; NORTH KALIMANTAN;

EID: 84920393125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17500680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13021-014-0008-z     Document Type: Article

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