Carbon stocks and patterns in native shrub communities of Senegal's Peanut Basin

Geoderma

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 75-82

  Lufafa, A ^a   Diedhiou I ^b   Samba, S A N ^c   Sene M ^d   Khouma, M ^e   Kizito, F ^a   Dick, R P ^f   Dossa, E ^a   Noller, J S ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institut Senegalais de Recherches Agricoles ISRA   (Senegal)

^c Centre National de Recherches Forestières Dakar Hann   (Senegal)

^d CERAAS   (Senegal)

^e Institut Senegalais de Recherches AgrEcoles Dakar   (Senegal)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometric equations; Biomass production; Geostatistics; Guiera senegalensis; Piliostigma reticulatum; Soil organic carbon; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTIMATION; PLANNING; PUBLIC POLICY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ALLOMETRIC; BULK DENSITY (BD); CARBON STOCKS; GEOSTATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; RELIABLE ESTIMATES; SENEGAL; SOIL SAMPLES; SOIL SAMPLING; SPATIAL DEPENDENCE; SPATIAL STRUCTURING; TREE CANOPIES;

SOILS;

ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS; BULK DENSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GEOSTATISTICS; NATIVE SPECIES; ORGANIC CARBON; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL STRUCTURE;

AFRICA; PEANUT BASIN; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; GUIERA SENEGALENSIS; PILIOSTIGMA RETICULATUM;

EID: 48349138968     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2008.05.024     Document Type: Article

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