Enhancing the value of multiple use plantations: A case study from southeast Queensland, Australia

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 451-462

  Maraseni, Tek Narayan ^a   Cockfield, Geoff ^a   Cadman, Tim ^a   Chen, Guangnan ^a   Qu, Jiansheng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Factory gate selling; Greenhouse gas emissions carbon values; Spotted gum plantation; Stock values

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COOPERATIVE SECTOR; DATA PROCESSING; EMISSION CONTROL; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY; GREENHOUSE GAS; HARVESTING; LAND USE; MARKETING; PLANTATION FORESTRY; PRODUCTIVITY; RAINFALL;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84869097963     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-012-9506-8     Document Type: Article

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