Biomass dynamics associated with deforestation, fire, and, conversion to cattle pasture in a Mexican tropical dry forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 176, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 1-12

  Kauffman, J B ^a   Steele, M D ^a   Cummings, D L ^a   Jaramillo, V J ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Cattle pastures; Deforestation; Fire; Fire ecology; Forest biomass; Land conversion; Tropical dry forest; Tropical pasture

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; FIRES; FORESTRY; PRODUCTIVITY; WOOD;

TROPICAL DRY FORESTS (TDF);

BIOMASS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS BURNING; DEFORESTATION; DRY FOREST; LAND USE CHANGE; PASTURE;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; PRODUCTIVITY; WOOD;

MEXICO;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0037451676     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00227-X     Document Type: Article

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