Simulating the impacts of land use in Northwest Europe on Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE): The role of arable ecosystems, grasslands and forest plantations in climate change mitigation

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 465, Issue , 2013, Pages 325-336

  Abdalla, Mohamed ^a,c   Saunders, Matthew ^b   Hastings, Astley ^c   Williams, Mike ^a   Smith, Pete ^c   Osborne, Bruce ^b   Lanigan, Gary ^d   Jones, Mike B ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Arable land; DNDC model; Grassland; Land use; Net Ecosystem Exchange; Sitka spruce

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; DNDC MODELS; GRASSLAND; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; SITKA SPRUCE;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; LAND USE;

FORESTRY;

CARBON;

ARABLE FARMING; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECOMPOSITION; DENITRIFICATION; GRASSLAND; LAND COVER; LAND USE; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SOIL CARBON;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARABLE LAND; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENITRIFICATION DECOMPOSITION MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; GRASSLAND; HARVEST; IRELAND; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PRECIPITATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SITKA SPRUCE; SOIL RESPIRATION;

ECOSYSTEMS; EUROPE; FORESTRY; LAND USE; PICEA SITCHENSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

IRELAND;

PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 84884535144     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.12.030     Document Type: Article

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