Carbon sequestration in eight woody non-timber forest species and their economic potentials in southwestern Cameroon

Applied Ecology and Environmental Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 369-385

  Egbe, E A ^a   Tabot, P T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Carbon stocks; Climate change and carbon trade; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AFROSTYRAX; IRVINGIA; RICINODENDRON HEUDELOTII;

EID: 84855656462     PISSN: 15891623     EISSN: 17850037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15666/aeer/0904_369385     Document Type: Article

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