Carbon balance of rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) plantations: A review of uncertainties at plot, landscape and production level

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 221, Issue , 2016, Pages 8-19

  Blagodatsky, Sergey ^a   Xu, Jianchu ^b,c   Cadisch, Georg ^a  

^a Institute for Plant Production and Agroecology in the Tropics and Subtropics   (Germany)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE   (China)

^c KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Agroforestry system; Carbon sequestration; Land use change; Soil carbon stock; Tree plantation

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION INVENTORY; EMISSIONS TRADING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PLANTATION; REMOTE SENSING; RUBBER; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SOIL PROPERTY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SOUTHEAST ASIA;

HEVEA BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 84955561301     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2016.01.025     Document Type: Review

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