Forest Biomass and Carbon

• Other Authors: Shukla, Gopal (Editor), Chakravarty, Sumit (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: IntechOpen 2018
• Subjects: Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques; climate change, carbon sequestration, community, green energy, silviculture, tropics
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Forests grow and their biomass increases; they absorb carbon from the atmosphere and store it in plant tissue. Understanding the biomass of forest vegetation is essential for determining the storage of carbon in the dominant tree component and computing carbon cycling at a regional as well as global...