Avoiding bio-perversity from carbon sequestration solutions

Conservation Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-36

  Lindenmayer, David B ^a,b   Hulvey, Kristin B ^c   Hobbs, Richard J ^c,d   Colyvan, Mark ^d   Felton, Adam ^e   Possingham, Hugh ^b   Steffen, Will ^a   Wilson, Kerrie ^b   Youngentob, Kara ^a   Gibbons, Philip ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Altered ecosystem processes; Bio perversity; Biodiversity; Carbon economy; Invasive tree species; Land clearing; Large scale tree plantations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862994045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00213.x     Document Type: Article

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