Evaluating the role of plantations as carbon sinks: An example of an integrative approach from the humid tropics

Environmental Management

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 459-470

  Montagnini, Florencia ^a,c   Porras, Carlos ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FUNDECOR ^*  (Costa Rica)

^c CATIE   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Economics; Native trees; Rotation length; Soil nutrients; Stem increments

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINKS; PLANTATION MANAGEMENT;

BIOMASS; CARBON; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND USE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; TROPICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

CARBON;

BIOMAS ACCUMULATION; BIOMASS ACCUMULATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; PLANTATION; PLANTATIONS; SOIL NUTRIENTS; TROPHICS; TROPICS;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; COSTA RICA; HUMIDITY; LAND USE; SOIL; TREE; TROPICS; VEGETATION;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0032079637     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002679900119     Document Type: Article

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