The capacity of roadside vegetated filter strips and swales to sequester carbon

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 227-232

  Bouchard, Natalie R ^a,c   Osmond, Deanna L ^b   Winston, Ryan J ^a   Hunt, William F ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c not available   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Ecosystem service; Highway; Right of way; Stormwater control measure; Swale; Transportation; Vegetated filter strip; Wetland

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CARBON CAPTURE; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; RIGHTS OF WAY; STORM SEWERS; STORMS; TRANSPORTATION; WETLANDS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; HIGHWAY; RIGHT OF WAY; STORMWATER CONTROL; SWALE; VEGETATED FILTER STRIPS;

SOILS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GRASSLAND; GREENHOUSE GAS; HABITAT CORRIDOR; LAND USE CHANGE; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; STORMWATER;

ISRAEL; ISRAELI COASTAL PLAIN; NORTH CAROLINA; PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874726692     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.01.018     Document Type: Article

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