Effects of slash-and-burn agriculture and deforestation on climate change

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-22

  Tinker, P Bernard ^a   Ingram, John S I ^a   Struwe, Sten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Carbon balance; Climate change; Deforestation; Land use; Slash and burn

Indexed keywords

RAIN; RUNOFF;

CARBON BALANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; HYDROLOGICAL IMPACT; SLASH AND BURN;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON BALANCE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FALLOW; FOREST; GRASSLAND; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROLOGY; MODEL; PASTURE; PLANTATION; SOIL; VEGETATION;

EID: 0030153568     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-8809(95)00651-6     Document Type: Article

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