Spatial priorities for restoring biodiverse carbon forests

BioScience

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 372-382

  Carwardine, Josie ^a   Hawkins, Charlie ^a   Polglase, Phil ^a   Possingham, Hugh P ^b,c   Reeson, Andrew ^a   Renwick, Anna R ^b   Watts, Matt ^b   Martin, Tara G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Imperial College Londons   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biodiversity; carbon; carbon sequestration; cobenefits; planning; prioritization; reforestation; restoration; revegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924163920     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biv008     Document Type: Review

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