An assessment of uncertainty in forest carbon budget projections

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 73-82

  Heath, Linda S ^a   Smith, James E ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; FORCARB; Forest carbon model; Uncertainty analysis; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000333603     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1462-9011(00)00075-7     Document Type: Article

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