Improving estimates of rangeland carbon sequestration potential in the US southwest

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 147-154

  Brown, Joel ^a   Angerer, Jay ^b   Salley, Shawn W ^a   Blaisdell, Robert ^b   Stuth, Jerry W ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CENTURY model; Conservation Reserve Program; Greenhouse gas management; Land use change

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MODEL TEST; RANGELAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL CARBON;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 76749108648     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/08-089.1     Document Type: Article

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