The carbon isotope record in soils along a forest-cerrado ecosystem transect: Implications for vegetation changes in the Rondonia state, southwestern Brazilian Amazon region

Holocene

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 599-603

  Pessenda, L C R ^a   Gomes, B M ^b   Aravena, R ^c   Ribeiro, A S ^d   Boulet, R ^e   Gouveia, S E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE RONDÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d Universidade de Sergipe   (Brazil)

^e 05508 900 USP/NUPEGEL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon region; Carbon isotopes; Cerrado forest ecosystem; Holocene; Rondonia state; Soil organic matter; Vegetation changes

Indexed keywords

CERRADO; FOREST; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ORGANIC MATTER; VEGETATION HISTORY;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL;

RONDONIA;

EID: 0031796098     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968398673187182     Document Type: Article

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