Balancing the environmental benefits of reforestation in agricultural regions

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 301-317

  Cunningham, S C ^a,b   Mac Nally, R ^b   Baker, P J ^c   Cavagnaro, T R ^d   Beringer, J ^e   Thomson, J R ^b   Thompson, R M ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Carbon sequestration; Habitat resources; Nutrient cycling; Revegetation; Water yield

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; HABITAT CREATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; NATIVE SPECIES; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PATCH DYNAMICS; REFORESTATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TREE PLANTING; WATER BUDGET; WATER YIELD; WATERSHED;

EID: 84937641073     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: 16180437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2015.06.001     Document Type: Review

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