Agroforestry: Working trees for sequestering carbon on agricultural lands

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-37

  Schoeneberger, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass equations; Carbon credits; Carbon sequestration; Greenhouse gas mitigation; Woody biomass

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGROFORESTRY; ARABLE LAND; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EMISSIONS TRADING; GREENHOUSE GAS; NATURAL RESOURCE; WATER QUALITY; WOOD;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149186855     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-008-9123-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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