Quantifying long-term changes in carbon stocks and forest structure from Amazon forest degradation

Despite sustained declines in Amazon deforestation, forest degradation from logging and fire continues to threaten carbon stocks, habitat, and biodiversity in frontier forests along the Amazon arc of deforestation. Limited data on the magnitude of carbon losses and rates of carbon recovery following...

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Main Authors: Danielle I Rappaport, Douglas C Morton, Marcos Longo, Michael Keller, Ralph Dubayah, Maiza Nara dos-Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2018-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aac331