Degradation of Riparian Forest Affects Soil Properties and Ecosystem Services Provision in Eastern Amazon of Brazil

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 482-493

  Celentano, Danielle ^a,b   Rousseau, Guillaume X ^b   Engel, Vera Lex ^c   Zelarayán, Marcelo ^b   Oliveira, Elivaldo C ^a   Araujo, Ana Carolina M ^b   de Moura, Emanoel G ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

canopy openness; degradation gradient; erosion control; tropical forest; water flow regulation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; EROSION; FLOW OF WATER; FORESTRY; HYDRAULICS; INFILTRATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; VEGETATION;

CANOPY OPENNESS; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; EFFICIENT RESTORATION; EROSION CONTROL; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATER FLOWS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; EROSION CONTROL; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; RIPARIAN FOREST; SOIL PROPERTY; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER FLOW;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL;

EID: 84978224710     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2547     Document Type: Article

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