Conversion of a tropical forest into agroforest alters the fine root-related carbon flux to the soil

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 481-490

  Hertel, Dietrich ^a   Harteveld, Marieke A ^a   Leuschner, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Carbon sequestration; Fine root mortality; Fine root production; Forest disturbance; Land use change; Root litter

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BUDGET CONTROL; ECOSYSTEMS; FLUXES; LAND USE; LOGGING (FORESTRY); SOILS; TIMBER; TROPICS;

AGROFORESTRY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FINE ROOT MORTALITY; FINE ROOT PRODUCTION; FOREST DISTURBANCE; LAND USE CHANGE; ROOT LITTER;

FORESTRY;

AGROFORESTRY; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FINE ROOT; FOREST SOIL; LAND USE CHANGE; SOIL CARBON; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; CONVERSION; ECOSYSTEMS; EXTRACTION; FORESTS; MORTALITY; ROOTS; SOIL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 60349106096     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.11.020     Document Type: Article

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