Vulnerability of forest resources to global climate change: Case study of Cameroon and Ghana

Climate Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 127-133

  Dixon, Robert K ^a   Perry, James A ^b   Vanderklein, Elizabeth L ^b   Hiol, Francois Hiol ^c  

^a US Country Studies Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Carbon pools and flux; Forest systems; Ghana; Mitigation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOREST DEGRADATION; FOREST RESOURCES; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

CAMEROON; GHANA;

EID: 0029731056     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr006127     Document Type: Article

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