The impact of sheep grazing on the carbon balance of a peatland

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 438, Issue , 2012, Pages 426-434

  Worrall, Fred ^a   Clay, Gareth D ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon budgets; Grazing; Greenhouse gases; Peats; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; CALLUNA; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON BUDGETS; DIRECT IMPACT; EMISSION FACTORS; ENERGY USAGE; GHG FLUX; GRAZING; GREENHOUSE GAS BALANCE; NORTHERN ENGLAND; PEAT ACCUMULATION; PEAT SOILS; PEATLAND; SHEEP; TOTAL FLUX;

CARBON; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; PEAT; SOILS; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

WOOL;

CARBON;

CARBON BALANCE; GRAZING; GREENHOUSE GAS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEAT SOIL; PEATLAND; SHEEP; UPLAND REGION;

AGROSTIS; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CALLUNA; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FESCUE; GRASS; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; GREENHOUSE GAS; NONHUMAN; PEATLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETATION;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENGLAND; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HERBIVORY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SHEEP; SOIL;

AGROSTIS; CALLUNA; FESTUCA; MOLINIA; OVIS ARIES; POACEAE;

EID: 84866699145     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.08.084     Document Type: Article

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