The potential for increasing carbon storage in United States unreserved timberlands by reducing forest fire frequency: An economic and ecological analysis

Climatic Change

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 179-197

  Sohngen, Brent L ^a   Haynes, Richard W ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON STORAGE; ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOREST FIRE;

USA;

EID: 0030616537     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005311308790     Document Type: Article

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