Biomass, carbon, and nutrient dynamics of secondary forests in a humid tropical Region of Mexico

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1892-1907

  Hughes, R Flint ^a,c   Kauffman, J Boone ^a   Jaramillo, Víctor J ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Carbon sequestration; Greenhouse gas flux; Land use; Los Tuxtlas, Mexico; Mexico; Nutrient dynamics; Secondary forests; Tropical ecosystems

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SECONDARY FOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

LOS TUXTLAS; MEXICO; VERACRUZ STATE;

EID: 0032873722     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[1892:BCANDO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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