Logging intensity drives variability in carbon stocks in lowland forests in Vietnam

• Published in: Forest ecology and management Vol. 460; p. 117863
• Main Authors: Stas, Suzanne M., Le, Tinh Cong, Tran, Hieu Dang, Hoang, Thi Thai Hoa, van Kuijk, Marijke, Le, An Van, Ngo, Duc Tung, van Oostrum, Ad, Phillips, Oliver L., Rutishauser, Ervan, Spracklen, Benedict D., Tran, Tuyet Thi Anh, Le, Trai Trong, Spracklen, Dominick V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 15.03.2020
• Subjects: Biomass; carbon; carbon sinks; Dead wood; emissions; Forest carbon; Forest degradation; Landsat; logging; lowland forests; Soil; soil properties; Southeast Asia; stems; topography; topsoil; Tree census; trees; tropics; Vietnam; Vietnam; Forest degradation; Southeast Asia; Forest carbon; Dead wood; Landsat; Tree census; Soil; Biomass

•Aboveground carbon was lower in heavily logged forests, mainly of stems ≥60 cm dbh.•SOC in the 0–30 cm top layer stored ~50% of total carbon stocks in logged forests.•Logging intensity was the main factor explaining variability in aboveground carbon.•A new approach to estimate historical logging in...