Post-disturbance aboveground biomass accumulation in global secondary forests

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1395-1401

  Johnson, Christine M ^a   Zarin, Daniel J ^b   Johnson, Arthur H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground; Biomass accumulation; Chronosequence studies; Climate; Plant productivity; Secondary forests; Soil texture

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; DISTURBANCE; SECONDARY FOREST;

EID: 0033949835     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[1395:PDABAI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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