Spatial distribution and temporal change of carbon storage in timber biomass of two different forest management units

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 132, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 429-438

  Sivrikaya, Fatih ^a   Keleş, Sedat ^a   Çakir, Günay ^b  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carbon storage; Forest ecosystem; GIS; Land cover change; Land use

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CARBON CONCENTRATIONS; CARBON STORAGE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT UNITS; LAND USE/COVER CHANGE; LAND-COVER CHANGE; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT;

CARBON; DIGITAL STORAGE; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE;

FORESTRY;

CARBON;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; METABOLISM; TIME; TREE; WOOD;

BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; TIME FACTORS; TREES; WOOD;

EID: 38349036618     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9545-6     Document Type: Article

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