From: Greenhouse gas emissions from tropical forest degradation: an underestimated source
Pool | Source |
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Aboveground live | Saatchi et al. biomass map ([25]; and unpublished update to 2011 increasing resolution from 500 to 250Â m and adding additional ground data) Forest mask for year 2005 from Hansen et al. [12] to exclude non-forest biomass pixels |
Belowground live | Equations from Mokany et al. [22] |
Dead organic matter | Fraction of aboveground biomass [27] |
Soil organic matter | Peat soil emissions—annual emission factor for drained organic soil applied for 10 years (5.3 t CO2 ha−1 year−1; [19]) Non-peat soil emissions: C stock in top 30 cm from HWSD database Land use change soil factors from IPCC [18] |