An integrated greenhouse gas assessment of an alternative to slash-and-burn agriculture in eastern Amazonia

Global Change Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 998-1007

  Davidson, Eric A ^a   Sá, Tatiana Deane de Abreu ^b   Carvalho, Claudia J Reis ^b   Figueiredo, Ricardo de Oliveira ^b   Kato, Maria do Socorro A ^b   Kato, Osvaldo R ^b   Ishida, Françoise Yoko ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b EMBRAPA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; CH4; Global warming potentials; Methane; Mulching; Nitric oxide; Nitrous oxide; Shifting agriculture; Soil

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; CROP YIELD; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; MULCHING; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SOIL EMISSION;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 42949162515     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01542.x     Document Type: Article

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