Development of allometric models for above and belowground biomass in swidden cultivation fallows of Northern Laos

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 357, Issue , 2015, Pages 104-116

  McNicol, Iain M ^a   Berry, Nicholas J ^a   Bruun, Thilde Bech ^b   Hergoualc'h, Kristell ^c   Mertz, Ole ^b   de Neergaard, Andreas ^b   Ryan, Casey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Peru)

Author keywords

Chronosequence; Roots; Shifting cultivation; South east Asia; Swidden; Tree allometry

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; BIOMASS; CULTIVATION; ECOLOGY; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; METADATA; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

CHRONOSEQUENCES; ROOTS; SHIFTING CULTIVATIONS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SWIDDEN; TREE ALLOMETRY;

FORESTRY;

ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CULTIVATION; FALLOW; GROWTH MODELING; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; REGROWTH; RESPROUTING; SHIFTING CULTIVATION;

LAOS; LUANG PRABANG;

EID: 84939814965     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.07.029     Document Type: Article

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