An approach to estimating system carbon stocks in tropical forests and associated land uses

Commonwealth Forestry Review

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 181-190

  Woomer, Paul L ^a   Palm, Cheryl A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Programme TSBF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FIELD METHOD; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; SLASH AND BURN; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 0031767467     PISSN: 00103381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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