Emissions of carbon from forestry and land-use change in tropical Asia

Global Change Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 481-492

  Houghton, R A ^a   Hackler, J L ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Deforestation; Forests; Land use change; Terrestrial ecosystems; Tropical Asia

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; DEFORESTATION; FOREST; LAND USE;

ASIA;

EID: 0032792334     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.1999.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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