Carbon storage versus fossil fuel substitution: A climate change mitigation option for two different land use categories based on short and long rotation forestry in India

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 395-409

  Kaul, Meenakshi ^a   Mohren, G M J ^a   Dadhwal, V K ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING   (India)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Bioenergy; Fossil fuel substitution; Mitigation; Short rotation crops

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; BIOENERGY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DICOTYLEDON; ENERGY CROP; FOSSIL FUEL; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH RATE; LAND USE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PHYTOMASS; POWER GENERATION; TROPICAL REGION;

INDIA;

POPULUS DELTOIDES; SHOREA ROBUSTA;

EID: 77952321802     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-010-9226-1     Document Type: Article

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