Predicting chronosequential changes in carbon stocks of pachymorph bamboo communities in slash-and-burn agricultural fallow, northern Lao People's Democratic Republic

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 371-383

  Kiyono, Yoshiyuki ^a   Ochiai, Yukihito ^b   Chiba, Yukihiro ^a   Asai, Hidetoshi ^c   Saito, Kazuki ^d   Shiraiwa, Tatsuhiko ^c   Horie, Takeshi ^e   Songnoukhai, Visone ^f   Navongxai, Viengmany ^f   Inoue, Yoshio ^g  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d AFRICA RICE CENTER AFRICARICE   (Benin)

^e FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^f National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute   (Laos)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Belowground biomass; Deadwood; Litter; Overstory height; Root to shoot ratio

Indexed keywords

BAMBOO; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CROPS; ECOSYSTEMS;

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; DEADWOOD; TROPICAL ECOSYSTEMS;

FORESTRY;

BAMBOO; BIOMASS; DEAD WOOD; ECOSYSTEMS;

PACHYMORPHA;

EID: 34648826772     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: 16107403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-007-0028-6     Document Type: Article

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