Implications of fires on carbon budgets in Andean cloud montane forest: The importance of peat soils and tree resprouting

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1987-1997

  Roman Cuesta R M ^a   Salinas, N ^b   Asbjornsen, H ^c   Oliveras, I ^b   Huaman, V ^d   Gutierrez Y ^d   Puelles, L ^d   Kala, J ^d   Yabar, D ^d   Rojas, M ^d   Astete, R ^d   Jordan D Y ^d   Silman, M ^e   Mosandl, R ^a   Weber, M ^a   Stimm, B ^a   Gunter S ^a   Knoke, T ^a   Malhi, Y ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEL CUSCO   (Peru)

^e WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes; Biomass burning emissions; Montane cloud forests; Peat soil; REDD+; Resprouting

Indexed keywords

ANDES; BIOMASS BURNING EMISSIONS; MONTANE CLOUD FORESTS; PEAT SOIL; REDD+; RESPROUTING;

BIOMASS; DEFORESTATION; ORGANIC CARBON; PARKS; PEAT; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION; SOILS;

FIRES;

ALTITUDE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON EMISSION; CLOUD; CULTIVATION; DEFORESTATION; DROUGHT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FIRE BEHAVIOR; GRASSLAND; MAGNITUDE; MIGRATION; MONTANE FOREST; PEAT SOIL; RARE SPECIES; REFORESTATION; RESPROUTING; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOMASS; CARBON; DEFORESTATION; EMISSION; FOREST FIRES; PEAT; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; SOIL; SPROUTS; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES;

ANDES; MANU NATIONAL PARK; PERU;

EID: 79955014309     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.02.025     Document Type: Article

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