Optimizing carbon storage and biodiversity protection in tropical agricultural landscapes

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2162-2172

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

^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)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Birds; Carbon sequestration; Cloud forest; Dung beetles; Land sharing; Land sparing; Tropical Andes

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLOUD FOREST; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANDES;

AVES; BOS; COLEOPTERA;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84901934416     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12482     Document Type: Article

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