Carbon stocks and sequestration in plantation forests in the Republic of Ireland

Forestry

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 361-369

  Byrne, Kenneth A ^a   Milne, Ronald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; KYOTO PROTOCOL; PLANTATION FORESTRY; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

CONIFEROPHYTA; FAGUS; PICEA SITCHENSIS; PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 33748878369     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpl026     Document Type: Article

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