Identifying potential sources of variability between vegetation carbon storage estimates for urban areas

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 183, Issue , 2013, Pages 133-142

  Davies, Zoe G ^a   Dallimer, Martin ^b   Edmondson, Jill L ^c   Leake, Jonathan R ^c   Gaston, Kevin J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Above ground; Ecosystem services; Spatial ecology; Urban forest; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; LAND USE; VEGETATION;

ABOVE GROUNDS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; SPATIAL ECOLOGY; URBAN FORESTS; URBANISATION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CARBON;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CARBON STORAGE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

CARBON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CITIES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; PLANTS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84880630428     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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