National inventories of terrestrial carbon sources and sinks: The U.K. Experience

Climatic Change

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 505-530

  Cannell, M G R ^a   Milne, R ^a   Hargreaves, K J ^a   Brown, T A W ^a   Cruickshank, M M ^b   Bradley, R I ^c   Spencer, T ^d   Hope, D ^e   Billett, M F ^e   Adger, W N ^f   Subak, S ^f  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON SINK; MONITORING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032842552     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005425807434     Document Type: Article

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