Analyzing the causal factors of carbon stores in a subtropical urban forest

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 20, Issue , 2014, Pages 23-32

  Timilsina, Nilesh ^a   Escobedo, Francisco J ^b   Staudhammer, Christina L ^c   Brandeis, Thomas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon storage; Path analysis; Puerto Rico; Urban forest biomass; Urban forest structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906096790     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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