Tropical forest fragmentation and greenhouse gas emissions

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 110, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 173-180

  Laurance, William F ^a   Laurance, Susan G ^a   Delamonica, Patricia ^a  

^a Natl Inst for Res in the A   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Biomass decline; Brazil; Carbon dioxide; Deforestation; Global climate change; Habitat fragmentation

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; DEFORESTATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; MODELING;

SOUTH AMERICA;

BOS TAURUS; RONDONIA;

EID: 0032487549     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00291-6     Document Type: Article

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