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Above-ground biomass storage potential in primary rain forests managed for timber production in Costa Rica

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Title Above-ground biomass storage potential in primary rain forests managed for timber production in Costa Rica
 
Creator Morrison Vila, L.
Ménager, M.
Finegan, B.
Delgado, D.
Casanoves, F.
Aguilar Salas, L.Á.
Castillo, M.
Hernández Sánchez, L.G.
Méndez, Y.
Sánchez Toruño, H.
Solano, G.
Zúñiga Mora, P.
Ngo Bieng, M.A.
 
Subject aboveground biomass
timber production
primary forests
 
Description Tropical forests play a fundamental role in mitigating climate change through storage of carbon in above- and below- ground biomass. Their mitigation potential is, however, affected by significant greenhouse gas emissions through tropical deforestation or forest degradation. Mitigating degradation caused by conventional logging is therefore an important challenge for silvicultural management, and various reduced impact logging techniques seek to reduce biomass loss and other logging impacts during forest logging activities. Little knowledge exists about the potential of sustainable management for maintaining and restoring the climate change mitigation capacity of tropical forests. Our research contributes to knowledge about this potential, as our aim is to evaluate the above-ground biomass (AGB) stock of tropical forests managed for sustainable timber production and compare it with that of intact primary forests. We also determine the environmental and spatial factors that influence AGB.
 
Date 2021-10
2021-07-28T07:24:05Z
2021-07-28T07:24:05Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Morrison Vila, L., Ménager, M., Finegan, B., Delgado, D., Casanoves, F., Aguilar Salas, L.Á., Castillo, M., Hernández Sánchez, L.G., Méndez, Y., Sánchez Toruño, H., Solano, G., Zúñiga Mora, P. and Ngo Bieng, M.A. 2021. Above-ground biomass storage potential in primary rain forests managed for timber production in Costa Rica. Forest Ecology and Management 497: 119462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119462
0378-1127
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114439
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119462
 
Language en
 
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Format 119462
 
Publisher Elsevier BV
 
Source Forest Ecology and Management