Secondary vegetation in central Amazonia: Land-use history effects on aboveground biomass

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 347, Issue , 2015, Pages 140-148

  Wandelli, Elisa Vieira ^a   Fearnside, Philip Martin ^b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Biomass; Brazil; Global warming; Land use; Secondary vegetation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FORESTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND USE;

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; AMAZON; BRAZIL; DESTRUCTIVE SAMPLING; DIAMETER-AT-BREAST HEIGHTS; SECONDARY VEGETATION; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGES;

VEGETATION;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AGRICULTURAL LAND; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; SECONDARY FOREST; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; MANAUS;

BOS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84925826728     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.03.020     Document Type: Article

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