Impact of biomass burning on soil organic carbon and the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in the coastal savanna ecosystem of Ghana

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Parker, Bismark Quarku ^a   Osei, Benjamin A ^b   Armah, Frederick Ato ^b   Yawson, David Oscar ^b  

^a WasteWise Ghana ^*  (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS-BURNING; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; GLOBAL CLIMATES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LOW ENERGY CONSUMPTION; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; PREPARATION METHOD; SAVANNA ECOSYSTEMS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; VULNERABLE REGIONS;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; RURAL AREAS; SOILS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

EID: 79952603915     PISSN: 19417012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3449299     Document Type: Article

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