Estimating above-ground Carbon Fluxes from UK Agricultural Land

Geographical Journal

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-204

  Neil Adger, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Carbon flux; Framework convention on climate change; Greenhouse gases; Land use; Set aside; UK

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; SET-ASIDE; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030561910     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3059876     Document Type: Article

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