Use of native species to improve carbon sequestration and contribute towards solving the environmental problems of the timberlands in Biscay, northern Spain

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 120, Issue , 2013, Pages 18-26

  Rodríguez Loinaz, Gloria ^a   Amezaga, Ibone ^a   Onaindia, Miren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

C sequestration; CO2Fix; Forest ecosystem services; Long term; Tree species selection

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PULP; TIMBER;

C SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CO2FIX; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LONG-TERM; NATIVE SPECIES; TREE SPECIES SELECTIONS;

BIOMASS;

CARBON;

BIOENERGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; EVERGREEN TREE; FORESTRY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NATIVE SPECIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANTATION; POLICY MAKING; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; TIMBER HARVESTING;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUCALYPTUS; EXOTIC SPECIES; FOREST; PLANTATION; SPAIN;

BASQUE COUNTRY; BIZKAIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84875258385     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.01.032     Document Type: Article

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