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Carbon storage in the soil and in the biomass of eucalypt plantations

Alcides Gatto, Nairam Félix de Barros, Roberto Ferreira Novais, Ivo Ribeiro da Silva, Hélio Garcia Leite, Fernando Palha Leite, [...]

01/Aug/2010

Eucalypt is the main commercial forest species in Brazil, but very little information is available in the literature on the amount of carbon stored in the soil and in the biomass of these forest stands. The main objective of this study was to estimate the amount of soil-stored carbon (SSC) of eucalypt plantations and determine soil and climate characteristics that influence SSC. The study was carried out in the Central-Eastern region of Minas Gerais State, Brazil, in five micro-regions (CO, […]