Soil carbon storage in plantation forests and pastures: Land-use change implications

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 326-335

  Scott, Neal A ^a   Tate, Kevin R ^a   Ford Robertson, Justin ^b   Giltrap, David J ^c   Smith, C Tattersall ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b SCION   (New Zealand)

^c Small Office Systems Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; LAND USE CHANGE; PASTURE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SOIL CARBON;

EID: 0032829588     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v51i2.16301     Document Type: Article

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