Aboveground carbon stocks in 13 forest biomass classes.

<p>Red bars depict mean aboveground biomass (MgC ha-¹) for the disturbance-elevation-soil forest biomass classes we derived using GLAS footprint estimates (N = 7573). For most classes, mean biomass derived from the latest pantropical forest biomass datasets [<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0146357#pone.0146357.ref005" target="_blank">5</a>,<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0146357#pone.0146357.ref006" target="_blank">6</a>] did not fall with 95% confidence intervals (error bars) from the GLAS-derived means. GLAS-derived means for the two most extensive biomass classes (primary low fertility highland and lowland) did overlap with 95% confidence intervals independent variable radius field plot means (green bars). See <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0146357#pone.0146357.s003" target="_blank">S3 File</a> for information on carbon stocks, area change, and percent emissions by class.