Carbon allocation in a Costa Rican dry forest derived from tree ring analysis

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 231-238

  Worbes, Martin ^a   Raschke, Nils ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass increment; Carbon sequestration; Carbon sink; Dendrochronology; Forest succession; Radiocarbon; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CHRONOSEQUENCE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DRY FOREST; LAND USE CHANGE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RADIOCARBON DATING; REFORESTATION; SECONDARY FOREST; STAND DYNAMICS; SUCCESSION; TREE RING; TROPICAL FOREST; VINE;

COSTA RICA; GUANACASTE;

EID: 84862326724     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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