Agroforestry for biomass production and carbon sequestration: An overview

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 105-111

  Jose, Shibu ^a   Bardhan, Sougata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometric equations; Bioenergy; Biofuels; Biomass crops; Cacao agroforestry; Coffee agroforestry; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; ALLOMETRY; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 84867196806     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-012-9573-x     Document Type: Article

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