A new estimate of changing carbon storage on land since the last glacial maximum, based on global land ecosystem reconstruction

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 16-17, Issue , 1998, Pages 3-24

  Adams, J M ^a,b   Faure, H ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon reservoir; Ecosystem; Last glacial maximum

Indexed keywords

CARBON STORAGE; ECOSYSTEM; QUATERNARY; VEGETATION;

EID: 0031837388     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(98)00003-4     Document Type: Article

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