Forest natural regeneration and biomass production after slash and burn in a seasonally dry forest in the Southern Brazilian Amazon

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1490-1498

  D'oliveira, M V N ^a   Alvarado, E C ^b   Santos, J C ^c   Carvalho, J A ^d  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass accumulation; Biomass burning; Secondary forests regeneration; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; ACCUMULATION RATES; BIODIVERSITY LOSS; BIOMASS ACCUMULATION; BIOMASS BURNING; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; BRAZILIAN AMAZON; BURN TREATMENT; BURN-IN; CLIMATIC CHANGES; DRY FORESTS; DRY SEASONS; EARLY-SUCCESSIONAL; FIRE SEVERITY; HIGH DENSITY; LAND CLEARING; LOW-INTENSITY; NATIVE FORESTS; NATURAL REGENERATION; SECONDARY FORESTS; SLASH BURNING; TROPICAL FOREST; WATERSHED PROTECTION;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; TROPICS;

REFORESTATION;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS BURNING; DOMINANCE; DRY FOREST; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST COVER; MITIGATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REGENERATION; SEASONALITY; TROPICAL FOREST; WATERSHED;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

CECROPIA;

EID: 79952444781     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.01.014     Document Type: Article

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