Tree biomass, wood waste yield, and carbon storage changes in an urban forest

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 127, Issue , 2014, Pages 18-27

  Timilsina, Nilesh ^a   Staudhammer, Christina L ^c   Escobedo, Francisco J ^b   Lawrence, Alicia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometric equations; Bioenergy; Carbon sequestration; Ecosystem services and goods; Green wood waste

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DIGITAL STORAGE; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WOOD;

ALLOMETRIC EQUATIONS; BIO-ENERGY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; GREEN WOODS;

FORESTRY;

ALLOMETRY; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST COVER; NATURAL RESOURCE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; WOOD;

CARBON; CHELATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENERGY; WOOD WASTE;

EID: 84901231346     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.04.003     Document Type: Article

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