Burning of secondary forest in Amazonia: Biomass, burning efficiency and charcoal formation during land preparation for agriculture in Apiaú, Roraima, Brazil

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 242, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 678-687

  Fearnside, Philip M ^a   Barbosa, Reinaldo Imbrozio ^a   de Alencastro Graça, Paulo Maurício Lima ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Carbon dioxide; Deforestation; Global warming; Greenhouse gases; Secondary forest

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHARCOAL; COMBUSTION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES;

CARBON PARTITIONING; CARBON POOLS; TIME SCALES;

DEFORESTATION;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; CHARCOAL; DEFORESTATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; SECONDARY FOREST;

BIOMASS; CHARCOAL; COMBUSTION; DEFORESTATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; SECONDARY FOREST;

AMAZONIA; APIAU; BRAZIL; RORAIMA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34047186255     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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