Carbon management of commercial rangelands in Australia: Major pools and fluxes

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 148, Issue , 2012, Pages 44-64

  Dean, Christopher ^a,b   Wardell Johnson, Grant W ^b   Harper, Richard J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon emission; Carbon sequestration; Deforestation; Rangelands; Regrowth; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; BIOMASS; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; DEFORESTATION; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOSSIL FUEL; GRAZING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HABITAT RESTORATION; KYOTO PROTOCOL; LAND DEGRADATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; METHANE; RANGELAND; REGROWTH; RESOLUTION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER BUDGET;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 83455218264     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.11.011     Document Type: Article

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