Growing biodiverse carbon-rich forests

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 382-393

  Pichancourt, Jean Baptiste ^a   Firn, Jennifer ^a,b   Chadès, Iadine ^a   Martin, Tara G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Carbon sequestration; Co benefits; Decision theory; Ecosystem services; Forest restoration; Optimal Control; Plant functional diversity; Plant functional traits

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHEMISTRY; CO-BENEFITS; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DECISION THEORY; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; FOREST RESTORATION; FORESTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; OPTIMAL CONTROL; PLANT FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY; PLANT FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; SOIL; TREE;

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CO-BENEFITS; DECISION THEORY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FOREST RESTORATION; OPTIMAL CONTROL; PLANT FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY; PLANT FUNCTIONAL TRAITS;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUEENSLAND; SOIL; TREES;

EID: 84891656421     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12345     Document Type: Article

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