Assessing urban tree carbon storage and sequestration in Bolzano, Italy

International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 54-70

  Russo, Alessio ^a   Escobedo, Francisco J ^b   Timilsina, Nilesh ^c   Schmitt, Armin Otto ^a   Varela, Sebastian ^d   Zerbe, Stefan ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^d Centro de Transporte Sustentable de Mexico   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Allometric equations; CTCC model; Ecosystem services; Growth rates; I Tree Eco

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GREENHOUSE GAS; LANDSCAPE; TREE; ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALLOMETRY; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GROWTH RATE; GUIDELINE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN FORESTRY;

BOLZANO; ITALY; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS; TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84894107505     PISSN: 21513732     EISSN: 21513740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21513732.2013.873822     Document Type: Article

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