Dynamic emergy accounting of water and carbon ecosystem services: A model to simulate the impacts of land-use change

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 271, Issue , 2014, Pages 113-131

  Watanabe, Marcos D B ^a,b   Ortega, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Faculdade de Engenharia de Alimentos   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbon; Cerrado; Ecosystem services; Emergy; Land use change; Water

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; WATER; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; CERRADO; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; EMERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; LAND-USE CHANGE; SOIL CARBON SEQUESTRATION;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AGROFORESTRY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CERRADO; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; FOOD PRODUCTION; LAND USE CHANGE;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER; WATER SHEDS; WATER SUPPLY;

BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO DO SUL; PANTANAL; TAQUARIZINHO BASIN;

EID: 84887613883     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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