Growth, productivity, aboveground biomass, and carbon sequestration of pure and mixed native tree plantations in the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 232, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 168-178

  Redondo Brenes, Alvaro ^a   Montagnini, Florencia ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balizia elegans; Calophyllum brasiliense; Dipteryx panamensis; Environmental services; Hyeronima alchorneoides; Jacaranda copaia; Productivity; Terminalia amazonia; Virola koschnyi; Vochysia ferruginea; Vochysia guatemalensis

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; CHELATION; GROWTH KINETICS; PRODUCTIVITY;

CALOPHYLLUM BRASILIENSE; DIPTERYX PANAMENSIS; JACARANDA COPAIA; TERMINALIA AMAZONIA; VOCHYSIA GUATEMALENSIS;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANTATION; PRODUCTIVITY; REFORESTATION; SILVICULTURE;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CHELATION; GROWTH; PRODUCTIVITY; TREES;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BALIZIA ELEGANS; CALOPHYLLUM; CALOPHYLLUM BRASILIENSE; DIPTERYX ODORATA; DIPTERYX PANAMENSIS; HYERONIMA ALCHORNEOIDES; JACARANDA COPAIA; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA AMAZONIA; VIROLA KOSCHNYI; VOCHYSIA FERRUGINEA; VOCHYSIA GUATEMALENSIS;

EID: 33746307511     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.05.067     Document Type: Article

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