Agroforestry strategies to sequester carbon in temperate North America

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 225-242

  Udawatta, Ranjith P ^a   Jose, Shibu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Alley cropping; Belowground carbon; Riparian buffers; Silvopasture; Windbreaks

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGROFORESTRY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DATA SET; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOSSIL FUEL; PASTURE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WATER QUALITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84867213348     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-012-9561-1     Document Type: Article

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