Forest dynamics and carbon stocks in Rio Doce State Park - An Atlantic rainforest hotspot

Current Science

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1855-1862

  Metzker, Thiago ^a   Spósito, Tereza C ^a   Martins, Mariana T F ^a   Horta, Marise B ^a   Garcia, Queila S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Carbon stock; Permanent monitoring plots; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960090550     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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