Regional scale variation in forest structure and biomass in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico: Effects of forest disturbance

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 247, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 80-90

  Urquiza Haas, Tania ^a   Dolman, Paul M ^a   Peres, Carlos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass accumulation rate; Fire; Forest perturbation; Forest structure; Wood specific gravity

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ACCUMULATION RATE; FOREST PERTURBATION; FOREST STRUCTURE; SCALE VARIATION; WOOD SPECIFIC GRAVITY;

BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; WOOD;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; DENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST FIRE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE; TROPICAL FOREST; WOOD;

BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; WOOD;

YUCATAN PENINSULA;

EID: 34447280380     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.04.015     Document Type: Article

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