Carbon dioxide sequestration model of a vertical greenery system

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 306, Issue , 2015, Pages 46-56

  Marchi, Michela ^a   Pulselli, Riccardo Maria ^a   Marchettini, Nadia ^a   Pulselli, Federico Maria ^a   Bastianoni, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon in compost; Carbon in soil; Carbon stocked in plants; Perennial grass; Perennial herbaceous plants; Vertical garden

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPOSTING; SOILS;

BIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; HERBACEOUS PLANTS; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; PERENNIAL GRASS; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; VERTICAL GARDENS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DICOTYLEDON; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HERB; HYDROPONICS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; URBAN AREA;

CAREX BRUNNEA; FATSIA; GERANIUM SANGUINEUM; PHEDIMUS SPURIUS; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; SALVIA NEMOROSA; ZOYSIA MATRELLA;

EID: 84929150324     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.08.013     Document Type: Article

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