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Where does uncertainty stem from? The role of wood density in carbon pool assessments of tropical forests

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Accurate accounting of carbon stocks from tropical forests is also limited by uncertainties in estimates of carbon stock in forest Crucial factor in the conversion of volume to mass Highly variable Æ important source for uncertainty Look-up in databases if floristic data is available

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