Contribution of agroforests to landscape carbon storage

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1175-1190

  Schroth, Götz ^a,k   Bede, Lucio C ^b   Paiva, Artur O ^c   Cassano, Camila R ^d,e   Amorim, André M ^d,f   Faria, Deborah ^d   Mariano Neto, Eduardo ^g   Martini, Adriana M Z ^h   Sambuichi, Regina H R ⁱ   Lôbo, Renato N ^j  

^a Instituto Terra Brasilis ^*  (Brazil)

^b Instituto Terra Brasilis   (Brazil)

^c WWF Brazil   (Brazil)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^e Inst for Socio Environ Studies   (Brazil)

^f CEPLAC   (Brazil)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

ⁱ Inst of Applied Economic Research   (Brazil)

^j Difusão Consulting Ltd   (Brazil)

^k RAINFOREST ALLIANCE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Atlantic forest biome; Brazil; Climate change mitigation; Cocoa; Land use intensification; Theobroma cacao

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGROFORESTRY; AGROMETEOROLOGY; ALLOMETRY; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; COCOA; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FALLOW; INCENTIVE; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; SPECIES INVENTORY; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BAHIA; BRAZIL;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 84941878326     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-013-9530-7     Document Type: Article

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