Assessing climate change causes, risks and opportunities in forestry

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 263-268

  Burgess, Paul J ^a   Moffat, Andy J ^b   Matthews, Robin B ^c  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass; Carbon; Climate change; Ecosystem services; Forests; Land use change

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251530780     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/oa.2010.0012     Document Type: Article

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