Secondary forests in Western Amazonia: Significant sinks for carbon released from deforestation?

Interciencia

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 198-202

  Salimon, Cleber Ibraim ^a,b   Brown, I Foster ^c,d,e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ACRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbon Sinks; Growth rate; Secondary Forests; Western Amazonia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001766706     PISSN: 03781844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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