Species, rotation, and life-form diversity effects on soil carbon in experimental tropical ecosystems

Ecological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-60

  Russell, Ann E ^a,c   Cambardella, Cynthia A ^a   Ewel, John J ^b   Parkin, Tim B ^a  

^a USDA ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Cedrela odorata; Cordia alliodora; Detrital quantity and quality; Hyeronima alchorneoides; Particulate organic matter; Plantations; Root growth; Soil organic matter; Species composition; Species diversity; Tropical ecosystems

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ROOT; ROTATION; SOIL CARBON; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

CEDRELA; CEDRELA ODORATA; CORDIA; CORDIA ALLIODORA; EUTERPE OLERACEA; HELICONIA; HELICONIA IMBRICATA; HYERONIMA; HYERONIMA ALCHOREOIDES;

EID: 1242321355     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-5299     Document Type: Article

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