Forest management and carbon sequestration in the Mediterranean region: A review

Forest Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Ruiz Peinado, Ricardo ^a,b   Bravo Oviedo, Andrés ^a,b   López Senespleda, Eduardo ^a,b   Bravo, Felipe ^b,c   del Río, Miren ^a,b  

^a Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

^b Universidad de Valladolid   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration potential; Climate change mitigation; Forest mitigation strategies; Forest sink; Global carbon cycle; Mediterranean forests

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032011741     PISSN: 21715068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5424/fs/2017262-11205     Document Type: Review

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