Models for predicting carbon levels in Central African forests
Monday, August 17, 2015 - 06:30
in Earth & Climate
ULB and Gembloux Agro Bio-Tech (ULg) researchers are developing models for predicting carbon levels in Central African forests based on measuring only 5% of all trees. In addition to being a lot more effective, their work is also revealing for the first time in Central Africa the key role played by "hyperdominant" species for storing forest carbon. Their research is published in Scientific Reports, an open access journal belonging to the Nature group.