Changes in land cover and vegetation carbon stocks in Andalusia, Southern Spain (1956-2007)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2796-2806

  Munoz Rojas M ^a,b   De la Rosa, D ^a   Zavala, L M ^b   Jordan A ^b   Anaya Romero, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Climate change; CORINE Land Cover; Land use planning; Sustainable land management

Indexed keywords

ANDALUSIA; C SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STOCKS; CORINE LAND COVER; DECISION MAKERS; GLOBAL IMPACTS; LAND CONSERVATION; LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENTS; LAND USE PLANNING; LAND-COVER CHANGE; LAND-USE CHANGE; LOCAL SCALE; LOSS RATES; MANAGEMENT POLICY; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; PILOT STUDIES; SHORT TERM; SOUTHERN SPAIN; SPATIAL DATA; STUDY AREAS; SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TEST METHODOLOGY; VEGETATION DENSITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; DECISION MAKING; LAND USE; ORGANIC CARBON; REFORESTATION; VEGETATION;

LANDFORMS;

CARBON;

AFFORESTATION; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; ORGANIC CARBON; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; VEGETATION COVER;

AFFORESTATION; AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; LAND USE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PLANTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPAIN;

ANDALUCIA; SPAIN;

EID: 79957812491     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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