Land use and a low-carbon society

Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 165-173

  Campbell, Colin D ^a,b   Lilly, Allan ^a   Towers, Willie ^a   Chapman, Stephen J ^a   Werritty, Alan ^c   Hanley, Nick ^d  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adaptation; carbon sequestration; climate change; ecosystem approach; ecosystem services; forestry; greenhouse gas emissions; mitigation; soil; water

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; MITIGATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOIL MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84879397635     PISSN: 17556910     EISSN: 17556929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755691013000066     Document Type: Article

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