To improve estimates of neotropical forest carbon stocks more direct measurements are needed: An example from the Southwestern Amazon.

MELO, A. W. F. de; LIMA, A. J. N.; OLIVEIRA, M. V. N. d'; SANTOS, J. dos; BRONW, I. F.; AMARAL, E. F. do; SILVA, S. S. da; OLIVEIRA, I.; CAMARGO, P. B. de; HIGUCHI, N.

To improve estimates of neotropical forest carbon stocks more direct measurements are needed: An example from the Southwestern Amazon.

Autores

MELO, A. W. F. de

LIMA, A. J. N.

OLIVEIRA, M. V. N. d'

Descripción

In our study, we conducted direct forest inventories in the SWA to address the following question: Do the allometric patterns, biomass, and carbon stocks observed in the Southwestern Amazon differ from those found in other regions of the Amazon or Pantropical? Our research reveals substantial differences in water and carbon content, biomass stocks, above- and below-ground oven-dry biomass ratios, and allometric patterns between SWA forests and other Amazonian and Pantropical forests.

Palabras clave

Ciclo do carbono, Bosques tropicales, Inventario forestal, Alometría, Ciclo del carbono, Reservorios de carbono, Producción de biomasa, Sudoeste da Amazônia, Southwestern Amazon, Floresta Tropical, Inventário Florestal, Estoque, Carbono, Biomassa, Tropical forests, Forest inventory, Allometry, Carbon cycle, Carbon sinks, Biomass production