Soil carbon stocks and changes after oil palm introduction in the Brazilian Amazon

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 384-390

  Frazão, Leidivan A ^a   Paustian, Keith ^b   Pellegrino Cerri, Carlos E ^a   Cerri, Carlos C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; C stocks; Forest to oil palm conversion; Pasture to oil palm conversion; Residue inputs on soil; Soil organic C

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIESEL; FORESTRY; LIFE CYCLE; ORGANIC CARBON; PILES; SOILS;

AMAZON; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); OIL PALM; SOIL ORGANIC C; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

PALM OIL;

ELAEIS;

EID: 84878730334     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2012.01196.x     Document Type: Article

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