Sink or source-The potential of coffee agroforestry systems to sequester atmospheric CO2 into soil organic carbon

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 175, Issue , 2013, Pages 60-68

  Noponen, Martin R A ^a,b   Healey, John R ^a   Soto, Gabriela ^b   Haggar, Jeremy P ^b,c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agroforestry systems; Carbon sequestration; Coffee; Land use change; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COFFEE; LAND MANAGEMENT; LEGUME; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

COSTA RICA; NICARAGUA;

EID: 84879465826     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.04.012     Document Type: Article

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