Land use change and forest carbon sink assessment in an Alpine mountain area of the veneto region (Northeast Italy)

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-168

  Valle, Elena Dalla ^a   Lamedica, Silvia ^a   Pilli, Roberto ^b   Anfodillo, Tommaso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon sink; Italy; Kyoto Protocol; Land use change; Photo interpretation

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; BIOMETRY; CARBON SINK; GRAZING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KYOTO PROTOCOL; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; MOUNTAIN REGION; SAMPLING; SEA LEVEL;

ALPS; ITALY; VENETO;

EID: 77949352330     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/mrd.1071     Document Type: Article

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