Profiles of carbon stocks in forest, reforestation and agricultural land, Northern Thailand

Journal of Forestry Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-18

  Pibumrung, P ^a   Gajaseni, N ^a   Popan, A ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KING MONGKUT'S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LADKRABANG   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Aboveground carbon; Carbon stock; Fine root carbon; Land use; Soil organic carbon; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149124449     PISSN: 1007662X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11676-008-0002-y     Document Type: Article

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