Review of allometric equations for major land covers in SE Asia: Uncertainty and implications for above-and below-ground carbon estimates

JQ Yuen, T Fung, AD Ziegler - Forest Ecology and Management, 2016 - Elsevier
Our review of biomass studies conducted for 11 Southeast Asian countries, Papua New
Guinea, and southern China uncovered 402 above-ground and 138 below-ground biomass …

[PDF][PDF] Remote sensing of aboveground forest biomass: A review

B Tsitsi - Trop. Ecol, 2016 - researchgate.net
Forests are central to global carbon cycle, therefore, accurate inventorying and monitoring of
forest aboveground biomass in local to regional scales is critical in understanding their role …

Carbon stocks in primary and secondary tropical forests in Singapore

KM Ngo, BL Turner, HC Muller-Landau… - Forest Ecology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Tropical forests contain large reserves of carbon that are vulnerable to perturbation linked to
human activities, including deforestation and climate change. Accurate estimates of forest …

Whole-island carbon stocks in the tropical Pacific: Implications for mangrove conservation and upland restoration

DC Donato, JB Kauffman, RA Mackenzie… - Journal of environmental …, 2012 - Elsevier
Management of forest carbon (C) stocks is an increasingly prominent land-use issue.
Knowledge of carbon storage in tropical forests is improving, but regional variations are still …

Landscape transformation through the use of ecological and socioeconomic indicators in **shuangbanna, Southwest China, Mekong Region

J Xu, RE Grumbine, P Beckschäfer - Ecological Indicators, 2014 - Elsevier
Rapid land-use transformations are occurring throughout the Mekong Region, and
especially in **shuangbanna, Yunnan Province in southwest China. Most of this is due to …

Greater stability of carbon capture in species-rich natural forests compared to species-poor plantations

AM Osuri, A Gopal, TRS Raman… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Tree plantations and forest restoration are leading strategies for enhancing terrestrial carbon
(C) sequestration and mitigating climate change. While it is well established that species …

Ecosystem-level carbon storage and its links to diversity, structural and environmental drivers in tropical forests of Western Ghats, India

S Kothandaraman, JA Dar, S Sundarapandian… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Tropical forests are rich in biodiversity with great potential for carbon (C) storage. We
estimated ecosystem-level C stock using data from 70 forest plots in three major forest types …

The effects of land cover change on carbon stock dynamics in a dry Afromontane forest in northern Ethiopia

N Solomon, O Pabi, T Annang, IK Asante… - Carbon balance and …, 2018 - Springer
Background Forests play an important role in mitigating global climate change by capturing
and sequestering atmospheric carbon. Quantitative estimation of the temporal and spatial …

Swidden, rubber and carbon: Can REDD+ work for people and the environment in Montane Mainland Southeast Asia?

J Fox, JC Castella, AD Ziegler - Global Environmental Change, 2014 - Elsevier
Swidden (also called shifting cultivation) has long been the dominant farming system in
Montane Mainland Southeast Asia (MMSEA). Today the ecological bounty of this region is …

Carbon balance of rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) plantations: A review of uncertainties at plot, landscape and production level

S Blagodatsky, J Xu, G Cadisch - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
Rapid expansion of natural rubber plantations in South-East Asia and other regions has
greatly altered ecosystem based carbon (C) stocks with potential impacts on climate change …