Using hedgerow biodiversity to enhance the carbon storage of farmland in the Fraser River delta of British Columbia

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 247-256

  Thiel, B ^a   Smukler, S M ^a   Krzic, M ^a   Gergel, S ^a   Terpsma, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Delta Farmland and Wildlife Trust   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Biodiversity; Biomass carbon; Carbon storage; Hedgerows; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGROFORESTRY; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEDGEROW; PH; PHYTOMASS; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NUTRIENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER DELTA; FRASER VALLEY;

EID: 84946820105     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: 19413300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2489/jswc.70.4.247     Document Type: Article

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