Biomass consumed in anthropogenic vegetation fires: Global patterns and processes

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 301-309

  Lauk, Christian ^a   Erb, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Biomass flows; Biomass metabolism; HANPP; Human induced vegetation fires; Land use; Shifting cultivation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOMASS BURNING; ENERGY FLOW; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; POPULATION GROWTH; REMOTE SENSING; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 70449516346     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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