Root biomass of carbon plantings in agricultural landscapes of southern Australia: Development and testing of allometrics

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 318, Issue , 2014, Pages 216-227

  Paul, Keryn I ^a   Roxburgh, Stephen H ^a   England, Jacqueline R ^a   Brooksbank, Kim ^b   Larmour, John S ^a   Ritson, Peter ^c   Wildy, Dan ^d   Sudmeyer, Rob ^b   Raison, R John ^a   Hobbs, Trevor ^e   Murphy, Simon ^f   Sochacki, Stanley ^g   McArthur, Geoff ^h   Barton, Craig ⁱ   Jonson, Justin ^j,k   Theiveyanathan, S ^a   Carter, Jenny ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Forest Products Commission   (Australia)

^d Fares Rural Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^e Government of South Australia   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h AusCarbon Pty Ltd   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^j Threshold Environmental   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Acacia; Allometry; Biodiversity plantings; Carbon sequestration; Eucalyptus; Mallee plantings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893700748     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.12.007     Document Type: Article

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