Soil carbon stocks and forest biomass following conversion of pasture to broadleaf and conifer plantations in southeastern Brazil

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 324, Issue , 2014, Pages 37-45

  Cook, Rachel L ^a,d   Binkley, Dan ^b   Mendes, João Carlos T ^c   Stape, Jose Luiz ^a,c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Brazil; Soil carbon; Tropical plantations

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORESTRY; ORGANIC CARBON; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRODUCTIVITY;

BRAZIL; COMMERCIAL PLANTATION; PLANTATION ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CARBON SEQUESTRATION; SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; TROPICAL PLANTATIONS;

SOILS;

ACCRETION; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; OXISOL; PHYTOMASS; PLANTATION; SOIL CARBON; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; BRAZIL; CARBON; FORESTRY; PLANTS; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84898814028     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.03.019     Document Type: Article

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