Carbon stocks in coffee agroforests and mixed dry tropical forests in the western highlands of Guatemala

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 141-157

  Schmitt Harsh, Mikaela ^a   Evans, Tom P ^a   Castellanos, Edwin ^b   Randolph, J C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Carbon; Land conversion; Shade grown coffee

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGROFORESTRY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COFFEE; DRY FOREST; INCENTIVE; INVENTORY; LAND USE CHANGE; SHADING; SMALLHOLDER; SOIL CARBON; TROPICAL FOREST; UPLAND REGION;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; LAKE ATITLAN; SOLOLA;

EID: 84867208394     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-012-9549-x     Document Type: Article

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