Quantifying biomass of secondary forest after slash-and-burn cultivation in Central menabe, Madagascar

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 474-489

  Raharimalala, O ^a,d   Buttler, A ^a,b,c   Schlaepfer, R ^a   Gobat, J M ^d  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Fire; Soil fertility; Tropical dry forest; Vegetation succession; Wood

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; BREAST HEIGHT; DECIDUOUS FOREST; HERBACEOUS VEGETATION; MADAGASCAR; SECONDARY FORESTS; SELECTIVE HARVEST; SOIL FERTILITY; TOTAL BIOMASS; TROPICAL DRY FOREST;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; FIRES; FORESTRY; NUTRIENTS; WOOD;

CULTIVATION;

ABANDONED LAND; ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS; BIOMASS BURNING; CULTIVATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DRY FOREST; HERB; LIGNIN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SECONDARY FOREST; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL REGION; VEGETATION COVER;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CULTIVATION; FERTILITY; FIRES; FORESTRY; NUTRIENTS; PLANTS; SOIL; WOOD;

MADAGASCAR; MENABE; TOLIARA;

DALBERGIA; DIOSPYROS; FERNANDOA; FERNANDOA MADAGASCARIENSIS; POUPARTIA; POUPARTIA SILVATICA; STEREOSPERMUM EUPHORIOIDES; TARENNA; XEROMPHIS;

EID: 84871244484     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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