Carbon sequestration with land-use cover change in a Himalayan watershed

Geoderma

Volumn 139, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 371-378

  Sharma, P ^a   Rai, S C ^a  

^a G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon; Deforestation; Land use change; Mamlay watershed; Sikkim Himalaya

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; DEFORESTATION; LAND USE; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AGRICULTURE LAND; KYOTO PROTOCOL; LAND USE COVER CHANGE;

WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGROFORESTRY; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EMISSION CONTROL; FORESTRY POLICY; KYOTO PROTOCOL; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; FORESTATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND USE; SATELLITES; WATER SHEDS;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; SIKKIM HIMALAYAS;

EID: 34247336811     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2007.02.016     Document Type: Article

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