Carbon stock loss from deforestation through 2013 in Brazilian Amazonia

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1271-1292

  Nogueira, Euler Melo ^a   Yanai, Aurora M ^a   Fonseca, Frederico O R ^a   Fearnside, Philip Martin ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

REDD; Amazon forest; Global warming; Greenhouse gases; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION TYPE;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL;

AIR POLLUTANT; GAS;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; BIOMASS; BRAZIL; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; GAS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; SEASON;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIOMASS; BRAZIL; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTS; GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; SEASONS;

EID: 84923091580     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12798     Document Type: Article

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