Green carbon : the role of natural forests in carbon storage. Part 2. Biomass carbon stocks in the Great Western Woodlands /

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"This report is the second in a series that examines the role of natural forests and woodlands in the storage of carbon. Understanding the role of natural ecosystems in carbon storage is an important part of solving the climate change problem. This report presents a landscape-wide green carbon...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Berry, Sandra L., Keith, Heather, Mackey, Brendan, Brookhouse, Matthew, Jonson, Justin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Canberra : ANU E Press, 2010.
Temas:
Carbon > Environmental aspects.
Forests and forestry > Environmental aspects.
Plants > Effect of atmospheric carbon dioxide on.
Carbon dioxide mitigation.
Carbone > Aspect de l'environnement.
Plantes > Effets du gaz carbonique atmosphérique sur.
Gaz carbonique > Réduction.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
Carbon dioxide mitigation
Carbon > Environmental aspects
Forests and forestry > Environmental aspects
Plants > Effect of atmospheric carbon dioxide on
Carbon dioxide
Carbon sequestration
Climate change (Anthropogenic)
Forests
Western Australia
Natural resource management
Eucalypts
Native plants
Interstate comparisons
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"This report is the second in a series that examines the role of natural forests and woodlands in the storage of carbon. Understanding the role of natural ecosystems in carbon storage is an important part of solving the climate change problem. This report presents a landscape-wide green carbon account of the 'Great Western Woodlands' (GWW), sixteen million hectares of mostly contiguous natural woody vegetation to the east of the wheatbelt in south-western Western Australia. For the first time, we provide an overview of the vegetation structure, climate, geology and historical land use of the GWW, and examine how these interact to affect the carbon dynamics of this region's landscape ecosystems. An analysis of time-series of satellite imagery is used to develop a fire history of the GWW since the 1970s. These layers of environmental information, along with field survey data and remotely sensed greenness, are used to construct a spatial model to estimate biomass carbon stocks of the woodlands at the present day, and to infer an upper limit to the carbon sequestration potential of the GWW. A range of management options to enable protection of high quality carbon stocks and restoration of degraded stocks are evaluated."--Publisher's description
Descripción Física:1 online resource (124 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-124).
ISBN:9781921666711
1921666714

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