Optimizing biomass estimates of savanna woodland at different spatial scales in the Brazilian Cerrado: Re-evaluating allometric equations and environmental influences.

Cerrado is the second largest biome in South America and accounted for the second largest contribution to carbon emissions in Brazil for the last 10 years, mainly due to land-use changes. It comprises approximately 2 million km2 and is divided into 22 ecoregions, based on environmental conditions an...

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Main Authors: Iris Roitman, Mercedes M C Bustamante, Ricardo F Haidar, Julia Z Shimbo, Guilherme C Abdala, George Eiten, Christopher W Fagg, Maria Cristina Felfili, Jeanine Maria Felfili, Tamiel K B Jacobson, Galiana S Lindoso, Michael Keller, Eddie Lenza, Sabrina C Miranda, José Roberto R Pinto, Ariane A Rodrigues, Wellington B C Delitti, Pedro Roitman, Jhames M Sampaio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6070178?pdf=render