Economic value of carbon storage in U.S. National Wildlife Refuge wetland ecosystems

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 16, Issue , 2015, Pages 94-104

  Patton, Douglas ^a   Bergstrom, John C ^b   Moore, Rebecca ^c   Covich, Alan P ^d  

^a Athens Technical College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon storage; Economic value; Ecosystem services; Global warming; U.S. National Wildlife Refuges; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946407053     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2015.10.017     Document Type: Article

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