Degradation in carbon stocks near tropical forest edges

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Chaplin Kramer, Rebecca ^a   Ramler, Ivan ^b   Sharp, Richard ^a   Haddad, Nick M ^c   Gerber, James S ^d   West, Paul C ^d   Mandle, Lisa ^a   Engstrom, Peder ^d   Baccini, Alessandro ^e   Sim, Sarah ^f   Mueller, Carina ^f   King, Henry ^f  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FOREST EDGE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CARBON STOCK; CARBON STORAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FOREST FRAGMENTATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; MICROCLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; BRAZIL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; TROPIC CLIMATE;

CARBON;

BIOMASS; BRAZIL; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84951756230     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10158     Document Type: Article

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