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Selective logging may underestimate carbon stock [1]

Up to 64 percent of above-ground biomass in selectively logged forests may consist of dead wood left over from logging damage, argues a paper published this week in Environmental Research Letters.

Publication Date: 
30/04/2015
Environment News Network [2]
Tags:
Forests [3], Malaysia [4], Deforestation [5], Ecology [6], Palm Oil [7], Carbon Dioxide [8]
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