Contribution of trees to carbon storage in soils of silvopastoral systems in Florida, USA

Global Change Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 427-438

  Haile, Solomon G ^a,b,c   Nair, Vimala D ^a,b,c   Nair, P K Ramachandran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Soil and Water Science Department   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Bahiagrass pasture; Carbon sequestration; Slash pine; Stable carbon isotope

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; PASTORALISM; SOIL CARBON; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL PROFILE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TREE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

PASPALUM; PASPALUM NOTATUM; PINUS ELLIOTTII; POACEAE;

EID: 74049127588     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01981.x     Document Type: Article

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