Impacts of land use/cover change on terrestrial carbon stocks in Uganda

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 101, Issue , 2017, Pages 195-203

  Zhang, Fan ^a   Zhan, Jinyan ^a   Zhang, Qian ^b,c   Yao, Lina ^b   Liu, Wei ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon density; Carbon stocks; Ecosystem service; Forest degradation; Land use and land cover change; Uganda

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY;

CARBON DENSITY; CARBON STOCKS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FOREST DEGRADATION; LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGE; UGANDA;

LAND USE;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

UGANDA;

EID: 85016048384     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2017.03.005     Document Type: Article

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