Can coarse woody debris be used for carbon storage in open grazed woodlands?

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1210-1215

  Macdonald, B C T ^a   Gillen, J ^a,b   Tuomi, S ^a   Newport, J ^b   Barton, P S ^b   Manning, A D ^b  

^a Industrial Research Organisation   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORESTRY;

AGRICULTURAL SECTOR; AGRICULTURAL SOILS; CARBON POOL; CARBON STORAGE; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; REAFFORESTATION; SURFACE SOIL; TERRESTRIAL CARBON CYCLE;

DEBRIS;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON STORAGE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GRAZING; TEMPERATE RAIN FOREST; WOOD;

EID: 84938839325     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2014.10.0445     Document Type: Article

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