Interactions between carbon sequestration and shade tree diversity in a smallholder coffee cooperative in El Salvador

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 489-497

  Richards, Meryl Breton ^a   Méndez, V Ernesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobiodiversity; Agroecology; Biodiversity; Central America; Climate change mitigation; Ecosystem services

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AGROECOLOGY; AGROFORESTRY; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COFFEE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; SMALLHOLDER; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA];

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COFFEA; EL SALVADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COFFEA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EL SALVADOR; TREES;

EID: 84896319286     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12181     Document Type: Article

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