Post-Soviet cropland abandonment and carbon sequestration in European Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1175-1185

  Schierhorn, Florian ^a   Müller, Daniel ^a,b   Beringer, Tim ^c   Prishchepov, Alexander V ^a   Kuemmerle, Tobias ^b,c   Balmann, Alfons ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Food security; Land abandonment; Land use change; Russia; Soviet Union

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FOOD SECURITY; LAND ABANDONMENTS; LAND-USE CHANGE; RUSSIA; SOVIET UNION;

CARBON; FOOD SUPPLY;

FORESTRY;

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD PRODUCTION; MAPPING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

USSR;

EID: 84885460862     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GB004654     Document Type: Article

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