Carbon stocks and changes in tropical secondary forests of southern Mexico

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 195, Issue , 2014, Pages 220-230

  Aryal, Deb R ^a   De Jong, Bernardus H J ^a   Ochoa Gaona, Susana ^a   Esparza Olguin, Ligia ^a   Mendoza Vega, Jorge ^a  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biomass recovery time; Forest age; Land use intensity; Tree growth; Tree mortality; Tree recruitment; Tropical semi evergreen forest; Yucatan Peninsula

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; EVERGREEN FOREST; GROWTH RATE; LAND USE CHANGE; MORTALITY; PHYTOMASS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); TROPICAL FOREST;

CALAKMUL BIOSPHERE RESERVE; CAMPECHE; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84903469963     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2014.06.005     Document Type: Article

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