Simulated carbon emissions from land-use change are substantially enhanced by accounting for agricultural management

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Pugh, T A M ^a   Arneth, A ^a   Olin, S ^b   Ahlstrom A ^b,c   Bayer, A D ^a   Klein Goldewijk, K ^d,e   Lindeskog, M ^b   Schurgers, G ^b,f  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

agriculture; carbon cycle; cropland; DGVM; Earth system model; terrestrial carbon sink

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD SUPPLY; FORESTRY; REFORESTATION;

CARBON CYCLES; CARBON SINK; CROPLAND; DGVM; EARTH SYSTEM MODEL;

LAND USE;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; LAND USE CHANGE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84952896302     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/12/124008     Document Type: Article

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