Comparing carbon sequestration and stand structure of monoculture and mixed mangrove plantations of Sonneratia caseolaris and S. apetala in Southern China

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 284, Issue , 2012, Pages 222-229

  Chen, Luzhen ^a,b   Zeng, Xueqin ^b,e   Tam, Nora F Y ^c   Lu, Weizhi ^a   Luo, Zhongkui ^d   Du, Xiaona ^a   Wang, Jin ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon storage; Forest restoration; Mangroves; Mixed plantation; Soil organic carbon (SOC)

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; SEDIMENTS;

CARBON STORAGE; FOREST RESTORATION; MANGROVES; MIXED PLANTATION; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

ORGANIC CARBON;

BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MANGROVE; MIXED FOREST; MONOCULTURE; PLANTATION; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STAND STRUCTURE;

CHINA;

RHIZOPHORACEAE; SONNERATIA; SONNERATIA APETALA; SONNERATIA CASEOLARIS;

EID: 84865656277     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.06.058     Document Type: Article

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