Quantifying global greenhouse gas emissions from land-use change for crop production

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1622-1635

  Flynn, Helen C ^a   Canals, Llorenç Milà I ^b   Keller, Emma ^b   King, Henry ^b   Sim, Sarah ^b   Hastings, Astley ^a   Wang, Shifeng ^a   Smith, Pete ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass carbon; Carbon accounting; Carbon footprinting; Crop production; Greenhouse gas emissions; Land use change; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CROP PRODUCTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE CHANGE; SOIL CARBON; VEGETATION;

BRASSICA NAPUS; ELAEIS; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84862797621     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02618.x     Document Type: Article

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