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High aboveground carbon stock of African tropical montane forests
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Cuni-Sanchez, Aida (author)
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Sullivan, Martin J.P. (author)
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Platts, Philip J. (author)
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Lewis, Simon L. (author)
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Marchant, Rob (author)
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Imani, Gérard (author)
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Hubau, Wannes (author)
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Abiem, Iveren (author)
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Adhikari, Hari (author)
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Albrecht, Tomas (author)
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Altman, Jan (author)
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Amani, Christian (author)
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Aneseyee, Abreham B. (author)
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Avitabile, Valerio (author)
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Banin, Lindsay (author)
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Batumike, Rodrigue (author)
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Bauters, Marijn (author)
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Beeckman, Hans (author)
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Begne, Serge K. (author)
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Bennett, Amy C. (author)
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Bitariho, Robert (author)
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Boeckx, Pascal (author)
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Bogaert, Jan (author)
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Bräuning, Achim (author)
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Bulonvu, Franklin (author)
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Burgess, Neil D. (author)
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Calders, Kim (author)
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Chapman, Colin (author)
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Chapman, Hazel (author)
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Comiskey, James (author)
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de Haulleville, Thales (author)
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Decuyper, Mathieu (author)
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DeVries, Ben (author)
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Dolezal, Jiri (author)
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Droissart, Vincent (author)
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Ewango, Corneille (author)
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Feyera, Senbeta (author)
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Gebrekirstos, Aster (author)
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Gereau, Roy (author)
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Gilpin, Martin (author)
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Hakizimana, Dismas (author)
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Hall, Jefferson (author)
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Hamilton, Alan (author)
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Hardy, Olivier (author)
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Hart, Terese (author)
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Heiskanen, Janne (author)
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Hemp, Andreas (author)
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Herold, Martin (author)
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Hiltner, Ulrike (author)
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Horak, David (author)
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Kamdem, Marie Noel (author)
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Kayijamahe, Charles (author)
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Kenfack, David (author)
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Kinyanjui, Mwangi J. (author)
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Klein, Julia (author)
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Lisingo, Janvier (author)
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Lovett, Jon (author)
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Lung, Mark (author)
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Makana, Jean Remy (author)
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Malhi, Yadvinder (author)
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Marshall, Andrew (author)
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Martin, Emanuel H. (author)
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Mitchard, Edward T.A. (author)
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Morel, Alexandra (author)
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Mukendi, John T. (author)
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Muller, Tom (author)
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Nchu, Felix (author)
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- Nyirambangutse, Brigitte, 1982 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap,Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences
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Okello, Joseph (author)
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Peh, Kelvin S.H. (author)
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Pellikka, Petri (author)
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Phillips, Oliver L. (author)
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Plumptre, Andrew (author)
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Qie, Lan (author)
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Rovero, Francesco (author)
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Sainge, Moses N. (author)
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Schmitt, Christine B. (author)
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Sedlacek, Ondrej (author)
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Ngute, Alain S.K. (author)
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Sheil, Douglas (author)
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Sheleme, Demisse (author)
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Simegn, Tibebu Y. (author)
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Simo-Droissart, Murielle (author)
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Sonké, Bonaventure (author)
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Soromessa, Teshome (author)
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Sunderland, Terry (author)
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Svoboda, Miroslav (author)
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Taedoumg, Hermann (author)
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Taplin, James (author)
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Taylor, David (author)
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Thomas, Sean C. (author)
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Timberlake, Jonathan (author)
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Tuagben, Darlington (author)
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Umunay, Peter (author)
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Uzabaho, Eustrate (author)
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Verbeeck, Hans (author)
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Vleminckx, Jason (author)
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- Wallin, Göran, 1955 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap,Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences
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Wheeler, Charlotte (author)
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Willcock, Simon (author)
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Woods, John (author)
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Zibera, Etienne (author)
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- 2021-08-25
- 2021
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In: Nature. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0028-0836 .- 1476-4687. ; 596:7873, s. 536-542
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- Tropical forests store 40–50per cent of terrestrial vegetation carbon. However, spatial variations in aboveground live tree biomass carbon (AGC) stocks remain poorly understood, in particular in tropical montane forests. Owing to climatic and soil changes with increasing elevation, AGC stocks are lower in tropical montane forests compared with lowland forests. Here we assemble and analyse a dataset of structurally intact old-growth forests (AfriMont) spanning 44 montane sites in 12 African countries. We find that montane sites in the AfriMont plot network have a mean AGC stock of 149.4megagrams of carbon per hectare (95% confidence interval 137.1–164.2), which is comparable to lowland forests in the African Tropical Rainforest Observation Network4 and about 70per cent and 32per cent higher than averages from plot networks in montane and lowland forests in the Neotropics, respectively. Notably, our results are two-thirds higher than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change default values for these forests in Africa8. We find that the low stem density and high abundance of large trees of African lowland forests is mirrored in the montane forests sampled. This carbon store is endangered: we estimate that 0.8 million hectares of old-growth African montane forest have been lost since 2000. We provide country-specific montane forest AGC stock estimates modelled from our plot network to helpto guide forest conservation and reforestation interventions. Our findings highlight the need for conserving these biodiverse and carbon-rich ecosystems.
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Klimatforskning (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Climate Research (hsv//eng)
- LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER -- Annan lantbruksvetenskap -- Miljö- och naturvårdsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES -- Other Agricultural Sciences -- Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Ekologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Ecology (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Botanik (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Botany (hsv//eng)
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