Application of an expanded sequestration estimate to the domestic energy footprint of the republic of Ireland

Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2555-2572

  Walsh, Conor ^a   Moles, Richard ^b   O'Regan, Bernadette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Forest; Grassland; Sequestration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855484920     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su2082555     Document Type: Article

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