Net changes in regional woody vegetation cover and carbon storage in Texas drylands, 1937-1999

Global Change Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 316-335

  Asner, Gregory P ^a   Archer, Steve ^b   Hughes, R Flint ^c   Ansley, R James ^d   Wessman, Carol A ^c  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Texas A and M Res/Extension Ctr   (United States)

Author keywords

Brush management; Carbon accounting; Carbon sequestration; Carbon storage; Land use change; Landcover change; Mesquite; Prosopis glandulosa; Savanna; Woody encroachment

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; LAND USE CHANGE; SEMIARID REGION; VEGETATION COVER; WOODY PLANT;

UNITED STATES;

PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA; RIPARIA;

EID: 0037354793     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2003.00594.x     Document Type: Article

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