Quantifying the relative importance of greenhouse gas emissions from current and future savanna land use change across northern Australia

Biogeosciences

Volumn 13, Issue 22, 2016, Pages 6285-6303

  Bristow, Mila ^a,b   Hutley, Lindsay B ^a   Beringer, Jason ^c   Livesley, Stephen J ^d   Edwards, Andrew C ^a   Arndt, Stefan K ^d  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOGENIC EMISSION; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; DECISION MAKING; DEFORESTATION; EDDY COVARIANCE; EMISSION INVENTORY; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE CHANGE; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; SAVANNA; SITE PREPARATION; TROPICAL REGION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84999861006     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-13-6285-2016     Document Type: Article

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