Modelling the effect of land-use practices on greenhouse gas emissions and sinks in New Zealand

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-144

  Ford Robertson, Justin ^a   Robertson, Kimberly ^a   MacLaren, Piers ^a  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Agroforestry; Carbon sequestration; Land use; Livestock; Methane; Modelling; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0005110251     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1462-9011(99)00009-X     Document Type: Article

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