The interaction between a drying climate and land use affects forest structure and above-ground carbon storage

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1238-1247

  Bennett, Joanne M ^a   Cunningham, Shaun C ^a   Connelly, Christine A ^a   Clarke, Rohan H ^a   Thomson, James R ^a   Mac Nally, Ralph ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Climate change; Dieback; Forest futures; Vegetation change; Vegetation fragmentation

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIEBACK; DROUGHT; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE; MORTALITY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84887403068     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12083     Document Type: Article

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