Effects of land-use change on carbon stocks in Switzerland

Ecosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 895-907

  Bolliger, Janine ^a   Hagedorn, Frank ^a   Leifeld, Jens ^b   Böhl, Jürgen ^a   Zimmermann, Stephan ^a   Soliva, Reto ^a   Kienast, Felix ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agricultural decline; Agroecosystem change; C stock; Forest C; Land use change; Open land C; Scenario based modeling; Soil C

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; CARBON SINK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GRASSLAND; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LIBERALIZATION; REFORESTATION; SOIL CARBON;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 52949089016     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-008-9168-6     Document Type: Article

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