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2014-01-07
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Carbon storage in agroforestry arrangements associated with coffee (Coffea arabica) in the south of Colombia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22490/21456453.956
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Gustavo Vega Orozco Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje SENA –Centro de Gestión y Desarrollo Sostenible Surcolombiano Regional Huila, Colombia.
Claudia Mercedes Ordoñez Espinosa Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje SENA –Centro de Gestión y Desarrollo Sostenible Surcolombiano Regional Huila, Colombia.
Juan Carlos Suarez Salazar Universidad de la Amazonia. Facultad de Ingeniería
César Fabián López Pantoja Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje SENA –Centro de Gestión y Desarrollo Sostenible Surcolombiano Regional Huila, Colombia.

It was calculated the carbon amount stored in four types of shade coffee systems in the south of Colombia: high density of trees for diversified shade (Alta. Dens), Guamo in high density (Guam.Ad), Walnut in high density (Nog.Ad), Banana with low diversity (Plat.bdiv), Complex diversified shadow (Com.Div), through the use of allometric equations for measuring biomass; the study was developed between June and December of 2012. The typologies with the highest rate of carbon storage were: Com.Div and Guam.Ad with 87.37 and 58.11 t ha-1 of C respectively. The typologies Alta. dens and Guam.Ad had a lower rate of carbon storage. A relation between the % of coverage of the typologies and the increase in the accumulation of carbon was found; that means, systems with higher diversification presented higher values of carbon buildup

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