ABSTRACT
Introduction ....................................................................................................................................395 Accumulation of Carbon under
Brachiaria
and Native Vegetation..............................................396 Estimation of Net Aerial Primary Productivity of Pastures and Native Vegetation.....................397 Below-Ground Productivity of Pastures and Native Vegetation ...................................................401 Decomposition of Roots of
Brachiaria
and Savanna Vegetation .................................................402 Carbon Stocks under
Brachiaria
Pastures.....................................................................................403 Conclusions ....................................................................................................................................404 Acknowledgment............................................................................................................................406 Reference...................................................................................................................................... 406
INTRODUCTION
In the Brazilian tropics, African grasses have long been used as pastures for both beef and dairy cattle. The first was
Panicum maximum
(Guinea grass), the seeds of which arrived in straw bedding on slave ships.
