Potential effects of future land-use change on regional carbon stocks in the UK

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-52

  Cantarello, Elena ^a   Newton, Adrian C ^a   Hill, Ross A ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Carbon stock; Land use change; Landscape modelling; LULUCF

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA ANALYSIS; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; MODEL; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFORESTATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETATION;

EID: 78650571637     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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