Changes in carbon storage under alternative land uses in biodiverse Andean grasslands: Implications for payment for ecosystem services

Conservation Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-27

  Farley, Kathleen A ^a   Bremer, Leah L ^a,b   Harden, Carol P ^c   Hartsig, James ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes; Carbon; Conservation incentive; Grassland; P ramo; Payment for ecosystem services

Indexed keywords

BOS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84873580457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00267.x     Document Type: Article

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