A review of carbon sequestration dynamics in the Himalayan region as a function of land-use change and forest/soil degradation with special reference to Nepal

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 449-465

  Upadhyay, T P ^a   Sankhayan, Prem L ^a   Solberg, Birger ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biomass; Carbon sequestration; Forest degradation; Hindu Kush Himalayan region; Land use; Nepal; Soil degradation

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; LAND USE CHANGE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; HINDU KUSH; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 11944255669     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2004.09.007     Document Type: Review

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