Carbon pools in an arid shrubland in Chile under natural and afforested conditions

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-37

  Perez Quezada, J F ^a   Delpiano, C A ^a   Snyder, K A ^b   Johnson, D A ^c   Franck, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Acacia saligna; Afforestation; Belowground biomass; Carbon stocks; Plant allometry

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AFFORESTATION; ALLOMETRY; ARID ENVIRONMENT; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GRAZING; LITTER; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SHRUBLAND; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH;

CHILE;

ACACIA; ACACIA SALIGNA;

EID: 77958449395     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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