Changes of the forest-savanna boundary in Brazilian Amazonia during the Holocene revealed by stable isotope ratios of soil organic carbon

Oecologia

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 749-756

  Desjardins, T ^a   Carneiro Filho, A ^a   Mariotti, A ^b   Chauvel, A ^c   Girardin, C ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

13C natural abundance; Brazilian Amazonia; Forest savanna boundary dynamics; Paleoclimatic changes; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

FOREST-SAVANNA BOUNDARY; FOREST/SAVANNA BOUNDARY; HOLOCENE; PALAEOECOLOGY; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; STABLE ISOTOPE RATIO;

BRAZIL, AMAZONIA;

EID: 0030404531     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00329051     Document Type: Article

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