Boreal forest carbon stocks and wood supply: Past, present and future responses to changing climate, agriculture and species availability

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 137-151

  Solomon, Allen M ^a   Leemans, Rik ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Boreal carbon; Boreal wood supply; Future agriculture; Future forests; Paleontology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031001296     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(96)02382-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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