Methods for the quantification of GHG emissions at the landscape level for developing countries in smallholder contexts

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Milne, Eleanor ^a,b   Neufeldt, Henry ^c   Rosenstock, Todd ^c   Smalligan, Mike ^d   Cerri, Carlos Eduardo ^e   Malin, Daniella ^f   Easter, Mark ^a   Bernoux, Martial ^g   Ogle, Stephen ^a   Casarim, Felipe ^h   Pearson, Timothy ^h   Bird, David Neil ⁱ   Steglich, Evelyn ^j   Ostwald, Madelene ^k   Denef, Karolien ^a   Paustian, Keith ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f Sustainable Food Lab   (United States)

^g UMR ECO SOLS   (France)

^h WINROCK INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

ⁱ JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

^j BLACKLAND RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER   (United States)

^k LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

climate change mitigation; greenhouse gas; landscape; smallholder agriculture

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG); HETEROGENEOUS LANDSCAPES; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; LANDSCAPE; LANDSCAPE-SCALE ASSESSMENTS; QUANTIFICATION METHODS; SAMPLING STRATEGIES;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON FLUX; CENSUS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; FARMERS ATTITUDE; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE; REMOTE SENSING; RESOURCE USE; SMALLHOLDER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84876196476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/015019     Document Type: Article

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