Can trees buy time? An assessment of the role of vegetation sinks as part of the global carbon cycle

Climatic Change

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 47-71

  Kirschbaum, Miko U F ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Research School of Biological Sciences   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CARBON; DEFORESTATION; FORESTRY; VEGETATION;

VEGETATION SINKS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; TREE PLANTING;

EID: 0003297240     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023447504860     Document Type: Review

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