Carbon stocks and accumulation rates in tropical secondary forests at the scale of community, landscape and forest type

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 171, Issue , 2013, Pages 72-84

  Orihuela Belmonte, D E ^a   De Jong, B H J ^a   Mendoza Vega, J ^a   Van der Wal, J ^a   Paz Pellat, F ^b   Soto Pinto, L ^c   Flamenco Sandoval, A ^c  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b El Colegio de la Frontera Sur seccion II ^*  (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Carbon accumulation rates; Carbon stocks; Forest chronosequence; Land use intensity.

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FALLOW; GLOBAL WARMING; LANDSCAPE; SECONDARY FOREST; SOIL CARBON;

EID: 84876869479     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.03.012     Document Type: Article

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