Land use change effects on ecosystem carbon balance: From agricultural to hybrid poplar plantation

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 141, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 342-349

  Arevalo, Carmela B M ^a,b   Bhatti, Jagtar S ^b   Chang, Scott X ^a   Sidders, Derek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Ecosystem carbon stock; Net ecosystem productivity; Net primary productivity; Populus; Short rotation woody crops; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP ROTATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; HYBRID; LAND USE CHANGE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PLANTATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL RESPIRATION;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; POPULUS;

EID: 79958042276     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.03.013     Document Type: Article

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