Carbon uptake by secondary forests in Brazilian Amazonia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 80, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 35-46

  Fearnside, Philip M ^a   Guimarães, Walba Malheiros ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Global warming; Greenhouse effect; Pasture; Secondary succession; Shifting cultivation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS EMISSION; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON UPTAKE; DEFORESTATION; NET EMISSION CALCULATION; SECONDARY FOREST GROWTH;

BRAZIL, AMAZONAS;

EID: 0029750872     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1127(95)03648-2     Document Type: Article

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