Optimising carbon sequestration in arid and semiarid rangelands

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages 148-163

  Dean, Christopher ^a,b   Kirkpatrick, Jamie B ^a   Harper, Richard J ^c   Eldridge, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Destock; Grazing; Growth rate; Re sequester; Woody thickening

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DESTOCK; GRAZING; SEMI-ARID RANGELAND; WOODY THICKENING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; LAND USE; NEW RECORD; OPTIMIZATION; RANGELAND; REMOTE SENSING; SEMIARID REGION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WOODY DEBRIS;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84908613285     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.09.125     Document Type: Article

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