Sub-continental-scale carbon stocks of individual trees in African drylands.


Journal

Nature
ISSN: 1476-4687
Titre abrégé: Nature
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0410462

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
03 2023
Historique:
received: 16 12 2021
accepted: 13 12 2022
entrez: 1 3 2023
pubmed: 2 3 2023
medline: 4 3 2023
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

The distribution of dryland trees and their density, cover, size, mass and carbon content are not well known at sub-continental to continental scales

Identifiants

pubmed: 36859581
doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05653-6
pii: 10.1038/s41586-022-05653-6
pmc: PMC9977681
doi:

Substances chimiques

Carbon 7440-44-0

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

80-86

Commentaires et corrections

Type : CommentIn

Informations de copyright

© 2023. This is a U.S. Government work and not under copyright protection in the US; foreign copyright protection may apply.

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Auteurs

Compton Tucker (C)

Earth Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA. compton.j.tucker@nasa.gov.

Martin Brandt (M)

Science Systems and Applications, Inc., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA. mabr@ign.ku.dk.
Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. mabr@ign.ku.dk.

Pierre Hiernaux (P)

Science Systems and Applications, Inc., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA. pierre.hiernaux2@orange.fr.
Pastoralisme Conseil, Caylus, France. pierre.hiernaux2@orange.fr.

Ankit Kariryaa (A)

Science Systems and Applications, Inc., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.
Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Kjeld Rasmussen (K)

Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Jennifer Small (J)

Earth Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.

Christian Igel (C)

Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Florian Reiner (F)

Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Katherine Melocik (K)

Earth Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.

Jesse Meyer (J)

Earth Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.

Scott Sinno (S)

Earth Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.

Eric Romero (E)

Earth Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.

Erin Glennie (E)

Earth Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.

Yasmin Fitts (Y)

Earth Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.

August Morin (A)

Earth Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.

Jorge Pinzon (J)

Earth Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.

Devin McClain (D)

Earth Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.

Paul Morin (P)

Learning and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, USA.

Claire Porter (C)

Learning and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, USA.

Shane Loeffler (S)

Learning and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, USA.

Laurent Kergoat (L)

Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, UMR 5563 (CNRS/UPS/IRD/CNES), Toulouse, France.

Bil-Assanou Issoufou (BA)

Dan Dicko Dankoulodo University of Maradi, Maradi, Niger.

Patrice Savadogo (P)

FAO Subregional Office for West Africa, Dakar, Senegal.

Jean-Pierre Wigneron (JP)

ISPA, UMR 1391, INRAE Nouvelle-Aquitaine Bordeaux, Villenave d'Ornon, France.

Benjamin Poulter (B)

Earth Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.

Philippe Ciais (P)

Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, CE Orme des Merisiers, Gif sur Yvette, France.

Robert Kaufmann (R)

Department of Earth & Environment, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.

Ranga Myneni (R)

Department of Earth & Environment, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.

Sassan Saatchi (S)

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.

Rasmus Fensholt (R)

Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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