Aboveground biomass stock of native woodland on a Brazilian sandy coastal plain: Estimates based on the dominant tree species

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 226, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 364-367

  Dias, André T C ^a   de Mattos, Eduardo A ^a   Vieira, Simone Aparecida ^b   Azeredo, Joanito V ^a   Scarano, Fabio R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass stock; Allometry; Carbon sequestration; Clusia

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; VEGETATION;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS STOCK; ALLOMETRY; CARBON CYCLES; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLUSIA; CRASSULACEAN ACID METABOLISM (CAM);

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; CANOPY; CARBON CYCLE; CRASSULACEAN ACID METABOLISM; FOREST; LITTER; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SAVANNA; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION; WOODLAND;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST LITTER; FORESTRY; PLANTS;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

CLUSIA (ANGIOSPERM); CLUSIA HILARIANA; CLUSIACEAE; CRASSULACEAE;

EID: 33645930977     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.01.020     Document Type: Article

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