Minimum cost strategies for sequestering carbon in forests

Land Economics

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 360-374

  Adams, Darius M ^a   Alig, Ralph J ^a   McCarl, Bruce A ^a   Callaway, John M ^a   Winnett, Steven M ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COST; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032785863     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3147183     Document Type: Article

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