Coarse woody debris stocks as a function of forest type and stand age in Costa Rican tropical dry forest: Long-lasting legacies of previous land use

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 467-471

  Kissing, Lisa B ^a   Powers, Jennifer S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon stocks; coarse woody debris; secondary succession; tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DRY FOREST; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HABITAT CORRIDOR; LAND USE; NUTRIENT BUDGET; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SNAG; TROPICAL FOREST;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 77957585642     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467410000131     Document Type: Article

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