A spatial model approach for assessing windbreak growth and carbon stocks

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 842-852

  Hou, Qingjiang ^a   Young, Linda J ^b   Brandle, James R ^c   Schoeneberger, Michele M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d USDA National Agroforestry Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS; AGROFORESTRY; AGROFORESTRY SYSTEM; CARBON STOCKS; CLIMATE INFORMATION; CLIMATE VARIABLES; DECIDUOUS TREES; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; GREEN ASH; MARKOV RANDOM FIELD MODEL; NATURAL LOGARITHMS; POINT OF INTEREST; RIPARIAN BUFFERS; SITE OF INTERESTS; SPATIAL DEPENDENCE; SPATIAL MODELS;

ALGEBRA; FORECASTING; FORESTRY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PLANT EXTRACTS; REGIONAL PLANNING; USER INTERFACES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

BUFFER; CARBON;

AGROFORESTRY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FRAXINUS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL SOIL VARIABILITY; WINDBREAK;

CARBON; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; FRAXINUS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEBRASKA; SOIL; TREES; WIND;

CARBON; EXTRACTIVES; FORECASTS; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; PLANTS;

FRAXINUS PENNSYLVANICA;

EID: 79956070540     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2010.0098     Document Type: Article

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