Quantifying above- and belowground biomass carbon loss with forest conversion in tropical lowlands of Sumatra (Indonesia)

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3620-3634

  Kotowska, Martyna M ^a   Leuschner, Christoph ^a   Triadiati, Triadiati ^b   Meriem, Selis ^b   Hertel, Dietrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Carbon stock; Fine root production; Land use change; Monoculture plantation; Net primary production; Oil palm; Rubber; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AGROFORESTRY; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; DEFORESTATION; FOREST COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TROPICAL FOREST;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

ELAEIS;

AGRICULTURE; ARECACEAE; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEVEA; INDONESIA; RAIN FOREST;

AGRICULTURE; ARECACEAE; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HEVEA; INDONESIA; RAINFOREST;

EID: 84941023468     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12979     Document Type: Article

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