Estimations of amounts of soil organic carbon and fine root carbon in land use and land cover classes, and soil types of Chiapas highlands, Mexico

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 177, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 191-206

  Mendoza Vega, Jorge ^a   Karltun, Erik ^a   Olsson, Mats ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chiapas highlands; Land cover; Land use; Mexico; Soil organic carbon; Soil type

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FORESTRY; LAND USE; MINERALS;

FINE ROOT CARBONS;

SOILS;

CARBON; FINE ROOT; LAND COVER; LAND USE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TYPE;

CARBON; FORESTRY; LAND USE; SOIL;

MEXICO;

QUERCUS;

EID: 0037424929     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00439-5     Document Type: Article

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