Mapping carbon in tropical Australia: Estimates of carbon stocks and fluxes in the Northern Territory using the national carbon accounting toolbox

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-68

  Law, Rob ^a   Garnett, Stephen T ^a,b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Sustainability and Environment ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon map; FullCAM; NCAS; NCAT; Savannas

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GREENHOUSE GAS; SAVANNA; WOODLAND; WOODY DEBRIS;

ARNHEM LAND; AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY; TENNANT CREEK; TIWI ISLANDS;

SPINIFEX;

EID: 79953054767     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2011.00566.x     Document Type: Article

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