Land-use changes and carbon sequestration through the twentieth century in a Mediterranean mountain ecosystem: Implications for land management

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2688-2695

  Padilla, Francisco M ^a   Vidal, Beatriz ^a   Sánchez, Joaquín ^b   Pugnaire, Francisco I ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agricultural abandonment; Ecosystem services; Mediterranean forests; Payments for ecosystem services; SE Spain, sustainability

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MOUNTAIN; PASTURE; POLICY MAKING; RURAL AREA; STAKEHOLDER; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WOODLAND;

AFFORESTATION; ARTICLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP PRODUCTION; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; GRASSLAND; LAND USE; RURAL AREA; SCRUB;

ANDALUCIA; BETIC CORDILLERA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SIERRA NEVADA [BETIC CORDILLERA]; SPAIN;

EID: 77956883840     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.07.031     Document Type: Article

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