Soil carbon changes from conversion of forest to pasture in Brazilian Amazonia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 147-166

  Fearnside, Philip M ^a   Barbosa, Reinaldo Imbrozio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Brazil; Carbon dioxide; Deforestation Tropical forest; Global warming; Greenhouse gases; Organic matter; Pasture; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; GLOBAL CARBON BUDGET; LAND USE CHANGE; SOIL CARBON;

BRAZIL, AMAZONIA;

EID: 0032552069     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00222-9     Document Type: Article

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