Woody debris removal modifies carbon stocks and soil properties in a fragmented tropical rainforest

We examined whether and how woody debris removal for domestic fuel affects carbon storage and soil properties in an Indian rainforest. Fuelwood removal reduced aboveground carbon stocks, increased soil bulk density, and possibly reduced soil phosphorus stocks. Equitably balancing this subtle trade-off between climate-regulating and vital, widely-utilized provisioning functions, is a challenge for tropical forest research and management., , , The download includes a compressed folder that contains six CSV files whose contents are described below: 1. Nandakumar_et_al_CWD.csv 2. Nandakumar_et_al_CWD_density.csv 3. Nandakumar_et_al_CWD_vegetation.csv 4. Nandakumar_et_al_CWD_soil.csv 5. Nandakumar_et_al_CWD_soil_other.csv 6. Osuri_et_al_CWD.csv ### File 1: \"Nandakumar\_et\_al\_CWD.csv\" Description: This file contains dimensions of all Coarse Woody Debris (CWD) with diameter above 10 cm, within 20m x 20m vegetation plots. For standing CWD and stumps from past logging, one diameter and height was measured. For fallen CWD, diameters at the two ends of the CWD where the diameter is atleast 10 cm, and the length between these diameters were measured. For CWD falling partially outside the plot, diameter at and length of CWD inside the plot boundary was measured. Each row represents one piece of CWD. Column names and descriptions * id: Unique code assigned to an edge-interior vegetation plot pair * plot.remarks: General ...