Above- and below-ground biomass and carbon dynamics in Brazilian Cerrado wet grasslands

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 356-364

  Fidelis, Alessandra ^a   Lyra, Maria Fernanda di Santi ^b   Pivello, Vânia Regina ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass; Below ground organs; Carbon allocation; Carbon stock; Fire; Functional group; Root:shoot ratio; Seasonality; Tropical savanna

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SINK; CERRADO; DECOMPOSITION; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; PHYTOMASS; POLICY MAKING; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SAVANNA; SEASONALITY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER STRESS;

BRAZIL; JALAPAO; TOCANTINS;

EID: 84872894211     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01465.x     Document Type: Article

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