Land-use change and carbon flux between 1970s and 1990s in central highlands of Chiapas, Mexico

Environmental Management

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 373-385

  De Jong, Ben H J ^a   Cairns, Michael A ^b   Haggerty, Patricia K ^b   Ramírez Marcial, Neptalí ^a   Ochoa Gaona, Susana ^a   Mendoza Vega, Jorge ^a   González Espinosa, Mario ^a   March Mifsut, Ignacio ^a  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon flux; Chiapas highlands; Forests; Land Cover; Land use; Mexico

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; LAND COVER;

BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY;

LAND USE;

CARBON FLUX; LAND USE; MAPPING;

AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FOREST; MEXICO;

MEXICO;

QUERCUS;

EID: 0033120536     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002679900193     Document Type: Article

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