Growth, production and carbon sequestration of silvopastoral systems with native timber species in the dry lowlands of Costa Rica

Plant and Soil

Volumn 308, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 11-22

  Andrade, Hernán J ^a   Brook, Robert ^b   Ibrahim, Muhammad ^a  

^a CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Brachiaria brizantha; Dalbergia retusa; Diphysa robinioides; Hyparrhenia rufa; Indigenous tree species; Pithecellobium saman; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CATTLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOREST COVER; GRASS; GROWTH RESPONSE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NATIVE SPECIES; PASTURE; PHYTOMASS; ROOTING; SILVICULTURE; TESTING METHOD; TIMBER;

CANAS; CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; GUANACASTE;

BOS; BRACHIARIA; DALBERGIA; DALBERGIA RETUSA; DIPHYSA ROBINIOIDES; HYPARRHENIA RUFA; SAMANEA SAMAN; UROCHLOA BRIZANTHA;

EID: 46549086405     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-008-9600-x     Document Type: Article

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