Carbon emissions from Mexican forests: Current situation and long-term scenarios

Climatic Change

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 265-295

  Masera, Omar R ^a   Ordóñez, María J ^a   Dirzo, Rodolfo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON EMISSION; DEFORESTATION; FOREST; LAND USE CHANGE;

MEXICO;

EID: 0030619198     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005309908420     Document Type: Review

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