Detecting tropical forest biomass dynamics from repeated airborne Lidar measurements
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ha or more. Our results indicate that the 50-ha BCI plot lost a significant amount of 20 biomass (−0.8±2.2Mgha−1 yr−1) over the past decade (2000–2010). Over the entire island and during the same period, mean AGB change is −0.4±3.7Mgha−1 yr−1. Old growth forests lost biomass (−0.7±3.5Mgha−1 yr−1), whereas the secondary forests gained biomass (+0.4±3.4Mgha−1 yr−1). Our analysis demonstrates that repeated Li-
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