A framework for identifying carbon hotspots and forest management drivers

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 114, Issue , 2013, Pages 293-302

  Timilsina, Nilesh ^a   Escobedo, Francisco J ^a   Cropper, Wendell P ^a   Abd Elrahman, Amr ^a   Brandeis, Thomas J ^b   Delphin, Sonia ^a   Lambert, Samuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Forest Inventory and Analysis   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem service drivers; Florida; Forest carbon; Forest disturbance; Hotspot analysis; Spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

BIOENERGY; CARBON; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HOT SPOT; MAPPING METHOD; PERIURBAN AREA; SILVICULTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; CARBON STORAGE; DRIVER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871920690     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.10.020     Document Type: Article

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