Land use change and terrestrial carbon stocks in Senegal

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 625-642

  Woomer, P L ^a   Tieszen, L L ^b   Tappan, G ^b   Toure A ^c   Sall, M ^c  

^a Sustainable Agriculture Centre for Research and Development in Africa   (Kenya)

^b EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

^c Third World Forum Dakar   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Africa; Carbon sequestration; Deforestation; Land degradation; Sahel; Soil organic carbon; Sudanian savanna

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; DEFORESTATION; INVENTORY; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

AFRICA; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 4344560603     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2004.03.025     Document Type: Article

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