Effects of land-use changes on woody species distribution and above-ground carbon storage of forest-coffee systems

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 197, Issue , 2014, Pages 21-30

  Tadesse, Getachew ^a   Zavaleta, Erika ^a   Shennan, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon biomass; Coffee forests; Fragmentation; Local wood preferences; Wood density

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LAND USE CHANGE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WOODY PLANT;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84904909316     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2014.07.008     Document Type: Article

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