The role of soil in storing carbon in tropical rainforests: The case of Ankasa Park, Ghana

Plant and Soil

Volumn 331, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 453-461

  Chiti, Tommaso ^a   Certini, Giacomo ^b   Grieco, Elisa ^a   Valentini, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Charcoal; Mean residence time (MRT); Primary rainforest; Radiocarbon; Soil organic carbon (SOC)

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHARCOAL; FOREST SOIL; PERCEPTION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TOPSOIL; TROPICAL FOREST;

AFRICA; ANKASA PARK; GHANA;

EID: 77952422542     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-0265-x     Document Type: Article

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