Establishing turf grass increases soil greenhouse gas emissions in peri-urban environments

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 749-762

  van Delden, Lona ^a   Larsen, Eloise ^a   Rowlings, David ^a   Scheer, Clemens ^a   Grace, Peter ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Global warming potential; Greenhouse gas emissions; Land use change; Turf grass; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954537738     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-016-0529-1     Document Type: Article

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