Crops, cows or timber? Including carbon values in land use choices

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 280-288

  Maraseni, Tek Narayan ^a   Cockfield, Geoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Carbon values; Greenhouse gas emissions; Spotted gum plantation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGROFORESTRY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CATTLE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP ROTATION; CULTIVATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE; LANDHOLDING; PLANTATION; RESEARCH WORK; SOIL TYPE; STATE ROLE; TIMBER; VEGETATION TYPE;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 79151479681     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.12.015     Document Type: Article

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