Simulation of carbon pool changes in woodlots in eastern Zambia using the CO2FIX model

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 213-223

  Kaonga, Martin L ^a   Bayliss Smith, Tim P ^b  

^a A ROCHA INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Leucaena species; Soil organic carbon; Vegetal carbon stocks; Woodlots

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGROFORESTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; FRACTIONATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WOOD;

ZAMBIA;

LEUCAENA; LEUCAENA COLLINSII; LEUCAENA DIVERSIFOLIA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; LEUCAENA MACROPHYLLA; LEUCAENA PULVERULENTA;

EID: 84867220642     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-011-9429-9     Document Type: Article

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