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Tropical forest biomass estimation and the fallacy of misplaced concreteness
Author(s) -
Clark David B.,
Kellner James R.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of vegetation science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1654-1103
pISSN - 1100-9233
DOI - 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01471.x
Subject(s) - concreteness , biomass (ecology) , fallacy , estimation , ecology , agroforestry , environmental science , economics , epistemology , biology , psychology , philosophy , cognitive psychology , management
Despite the importance of measuring tropical forest biomass, the accuracy of biomass estimates is poorly constrained due to fundamental weaknesses in the design and implementation of field studies. We identify these issues and propose a radical paradigm shift to advance tropical forest biomass research to a firmer theoretical and empirical basis.