Soil carbon sequestration in agroforestry systems: a meta-analysis

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 285-299

  De Stefano, Andrea ^a   Jacobson, Michael G ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Carbon sequestration; Climate change; Meta analysis; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE CHANGE; META-ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CARBON; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SILVICULTURE; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

EID: 85032370482     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-017-0147-9     Document Type: Article

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