Loss of carbon sequestration potential after several decades of shifting cultivation in the Southern Yucatán

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 949-958

  Eaton, James M ^a   Lawrence, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass carbon; Carbon budget; Mexico; Secondary forest; Shifting cultivation; Soil carbon; Tropical dry forest; Yucat n Peninsula

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; MEXICO; SECONDARY FOREST; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SOIL CARBON; TROPICAL DRY FOREST;

BIOMASS; BUDGET CONTROL; DEBRIS; DEFORESTATION; LAND USE; PRODUCTIVITY; SOILS; TROPICS;

CULTIVATION;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DEFORESTATION; DRY FOREST; FOREST FLOOR; LAND USE CHANGE; LITTER; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SECONDARY FOREST; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SOIL CARBON; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIOMASS; BUDGETING; CARBON; CULTIVATION; DEFORESTATION; FORESTRY; LAND USE; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; YUCATAN;

EID: 67651150216     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.10.019     Document Type: Article

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