Multi-criteria spatialization of soil organic carbon sequestration potential from agricultural intensification in Senegal

Climatic Change

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 213-243

  Bellassen, Valentin ^a,b,g   Manlay, Raphaël J ^a,b   Chéry, Jean Pierre ^c,d   Gitz, Vincent ^e   Touré, Assize ^f   Bernoux, Martial ^a   Chotte, Jean Luc ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^c CIRAD   (France)

^d UMR TETIS   (France)

^e Centre International de Recherche sur lEnvironnement et le Developpement   (France)

^f Third World Forum Dakar   (Senegal)

^g LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ECONOMICS; EMISSION CONTROL; FINANCE; GREENHOUSE GASES; LINEAR REGRESSION;

AGRICULTURAL EXPANSION; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION POTENTIAL; CERTIFIED EMISSION REDUCTIONS; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON SEQUESTRATION;

ORGANIC CARBON;

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; DATA SET; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GIS; GREENHOUSE GAS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VALUATION;

SENEGAL;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA;

EID: 73049096476     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-009-9635-x     Document Type: Article

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