Research Article

Biomass and Soil Carbon Stocks in Wet Montane Forest, Monteverde Region, Costa Rica: Assessments and Challenges for Quantifying Accumulation Rates

Figure 1

Location of the study area in the Monteverde region of Costa Rica. Sampling was conducted at the Monteverde Institute (MVI) and La Calandria (LC). Capitol city of San Jose shown in inset for reference, along with borders of Nicaragua (NC) and Panama (PN). Adapted from Google Earth® imagery (satellite image acquisition 03/2002).