The potential for carbon sequestration through reforestationof abandoned tropical agricultural and pasture lands

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 394-407

  Silver, W L ^a   Ostertag, R ^a,b   Lugo, A E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Carbon accumulation; Carbon offset; Global change; Land use; Plant carbon; Soil carbon; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; REFORESTATION; SOIL CARBON; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 0034477329     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.2000.80054.x     Document Type: Article

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