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The FORMNET- B database: monitoring the biomass and dynamics of disturbed and degraded tropical forests.
- Source :
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Journal of Vegetation Science . Nov2013, Vol. 24 Issue 6, p1204-1207. 4p. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- The biomass and dynamics of disturbed and degraded tropical forests have mostly been ignored in the recent scientific literature, partly because of a spotlight on old-growth forests but also due to a lack of long-term data from degraded forests. There is a pressing need to understand the rates and patterns of growth, mortality and recruitment in degraded forests, not only because they are increasing in area relative to old-growth forests, but also due to their potential capacity to sequester large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This paper introduces a permanent forest plot network and database, FORMNET- B ( GIVD ID# NA- BZ-001), designed to study the long-term dynamics of disturbed and degraded tropical forests in Belize, Central America. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 11009233
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Vegetation Science
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 90576853
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12103