Quantification of carbon stock and tree diversity of homegardens in a dry zone area of Moneragala district, Sri Lanka

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 435-445

  Mattsson, Eskil ^a   Ostwald, Madelene ^a,b   Nissanka, S P ^c   Pushpakumara, D K N G ^c  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Allometric equations; Biomass; Carbon; REDD+

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AGROFORESTRY; ALLOMETRY; ARID REGION; CARBON BALANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; HOME GARDEN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 84930204694     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-014-9780-8     Document Type: Article

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