Carbon reservoir and biomass in Canadian prairie shelterbelts

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 44, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 175-186

  Kort, J ^a   Turnock, R ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon offsets; Carbon sequestration; Carbon sinks; Greenhouse gases; Windbreaks

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CANADA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CLONE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GRASSLAND; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

BIOMASS; CARBON; PRAIRIE; SHELTERBELT;

CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 0032318995     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006226006785     Document Type: Conference Paper

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