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Tropical forests and the global carbon cycle: Estimating state and change in biomass density. Book chapter

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:270207
This chapter discusses estimating the biomass density of forest vegetation. Data from inventories of tropical Asia and America were used to estimate biomass densities. Efforts to quantify forest disturbance suggest that population density, at subnational scales, can be used as a surrogate index to encompass all the anthropogenic activities (logging, slash-and-burn agriculture, grazing) that lead to degradation of tropical forest biomass density.
Research Organization:
Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL (United States). Dept. of Forestry
OSTI ID:
270207
Report Number(s):
PB--96-184569/XAB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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