Meador, Thomas (SC 3074)

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3074. Agreement, 25 February 1854, between O. S. Warner and Thomas Meador setting out the terms of Meador’s employment on Warner’s farm in Breckinridge County, Kentucky. The agreement provides for payment, the provision of housing and produce from an orchard, and the use of pasture by Meador. Meador’s 12-month, full-time engagement makes allowances for his family and business, and for “unnecessary exposure” to “wet weather or heavy dews.

Helm, Thomas (SC 19)

Finding aid and scan (Click on additional files below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 19. Indenture between Thomas Helm, Clerk of the Lincoln County, Kentucky Court, and Edmond B. Taylor, regarding an apprenticeship for Rhoda, a free girl, mulatto, aged 13 years old. Taylor was to teach Rhoda the trade of spinning and weaving

Bush, Thomas (SC 1421)

Finding aid and typescript (Click on Additional Files below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1421. Civil War letter written by Thomas Bush, Louisville, Kentucky, to his brother, commenting on the poor hospital care he is receiving for consumption. He notes his doctor\u27s opinion that the man who enlisted him should be sent to the penitentiary

Moseley, Thomas (SC 7)

Finding aid and scan (Click on additional files below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 7. Certificate signed by Thomas Moseley stating that John Ferguson, Ohio County, Kentucky, lost two certificates, one issued to John Galloway in 1804, and one issued to Zachariah Galloway in 1803, for grown wolf scalps

Wilson, Thomas (SC 12)

Finding aid and scan (Click on additional files below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 12. Will of Thomas Wilson, Henry County, Virginia

Williams, Thomas (SC 776)

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 776. Survey, 2 November 1793, done for Thomas Williams, for 100 acres of land on the Big Barren River, which was awarded by a military warrant

Quantifiyng C stocks of high yield, short rotation woody crop production systems for forest and bioenergy values and CO2 emission reduction

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High above-ground carbon stock of African tropical montane forests

Tropical forests store 40–50 per cent of terrestrial vegetation carbon1. However, spatial variations in aboveground live tree biomass carbon (AGC) stocks remain poorly understood, in particular in tropical montane forests2. Owing to climatic and soil changes with increasing elevation3, AGC stocks are lower in tropical montane forests compared with lowland forests2. Here we assemble and analyse a dataset of structurally intact old-growth forests (AfriMont) spanning 44 montane sites in 12 African countries. We find that montane sites in the AfriMont plot network have a mean AGC stock of 149.4 megagrams of carbon per hectare (95% confidence interval 137.1–164.2), which is comparable to lowland forests in the African Tropical Rainforest Observation Network4 and about 70 per cent and 32 per cent higher than averages from plot networks in montane2,5,6 and lowland7 forests in the Neotropics, respectively. Notably, our results are two-thirds higher than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change default values for these forests in Africa8. We find that the low stem density and high abundance of large trees of African lowland forests4 is mirrored in the montane forests sampled. This carbon store is endangered: we estimate that 0.8 million hectares of old-growth African montane forest have been lost since 2000. We provide country-specific montane forest AGC stock estimates modelled from our plot network to help to guide forest conservation and reforestation interventions. Our findings highlight the need for conserving these biodiverse9,10 and carbon-rich ecosystems