Effect of Tree Diversity on Soil Organic Carbon Content in the Homegarden Agroforestry System of North-Eastern Bangladesh

Small-scale Forestry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 91-101

  Islam, Mahmuda ^a   Dey, Anna ^a   Rahman, Mizanur ^a  

^a SHAHJALAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Greenhouse gas (GHG); Soil organic carbon (SOC); Species richness; Tree density

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FOREST SOIL; GREENHOUSE GAS; HOME GARDEN; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84924149597     PISSN: 18737617     EISSN: 18737854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11842-014-9275-5     Document Type: Article

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