Modelling short-rotation coppice and tree planting for urban carbon management - a citywide analysis

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1237-1245

  McHugh, Nicola ^a   Edmondson, Jill L ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^b   Leake, Jonathan R ^a   O'Sullivan, Odhran S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; GIS model; Land use; Short rotation coppice; Urban biomass carbon; Urban ecosystems; Wood biofuel

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COPPICE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUELWOOD; GIS; GREENSPACE; LAND USE CHANGE; POPULATION GROWTH; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN POPULATION;

ENGLAND; LEICESTER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

SALIX;

EID: 84941175512     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12491     Document Type: Article

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