Carbon sequestration and biodiversity of re-growing miombo woodlands in Mozambique

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 254, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-155

  Williams, M ^a   Ryan, C M ^a   Rees, R M ^b   Sambane, E ^a   Fernando, J ^a   Grace, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometric equations; Basal area; Biodiversity; Chronosequence; Savanna; Shannon index; Soil bulk density; Soil C stock; Tropical deciduous forest; Wood density

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON;

ALLOMETRIC EQUATIONS; CHRONOSEQUENCE; SAVANNA; SHANNON INDEX; SOIL BULK DENSITY; TROPICAL DECIDUOUS FOREST;

FORESTRY;

ABANDONED LAND; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; LEGUME; REGROWTH; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOODLAND;

BASAL AREA; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; FORESTRY; WOOD DENSITY;

AFRICA; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 37549015630     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.07.033     Document Type: Article

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