Offsetting greenhouse gas emissions through biological carbon sequestration in North Eastern Australia

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Grace, Peter R ^a,b   Basso, Bruno ^a,b,c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

3PG; Carbon sequestration; Forestry; Greenhouse gases; Tree plantations

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; KYOTO PROTOCOL; PHYTOMASS; PLANTATION; TREE PLANTING;

AUSTRALIA;

ARAUCARIA CUNNINGHAMII; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS ARGOPHLOIA; EUCALYPTUS CLOEZIANA; PINUS CARIBAEA; PINUS ELLIOTTII;

EID: 80054967304     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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