Cheap carbon and biodiversity co-benefits from forest regeneration in a hotspot of endemism

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 503-507

  Gilroy, James J ^a   Woodcock, Paul ^a,b   Edwards, Felicity A ^c   Wheeler, Charlotte ^d   Baptiste, Brigitte L G ^e   Medina Uribe, Claudia A ^e   Haugaasen, Torbjørn ^a   Edwards, David P ^f,g,h  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE RECURSOS BIOLÓGICOS ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Colombia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^g JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HOT SPOT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POLICY MAKING; REGENERATION; SECONDARY FOREST;

ANDES;

EID: 84901608134     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2200     Document Type: Article

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