110 Years of change in urban tree stocks and associated carbon storage

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1413-1422

  Díaz Porras, Daniel F ^a,b   Gaston, Kevin J ^c   Evans, Karl L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA BENITO JUÁREZ DE OAXACA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon storage; Ecosystem services; Large trees; Old trees; Repeat photography; Street trees; Urban greening; Urban tree planting; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898944109     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1017     Document Type: Article

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