Simple rules for measuring changes in ecosystem carbon in forestry-offset projects

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-37

  Hamburg, Steven P ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground living biomass; Carbon accounting; Forestry offset projects; Measuring ecosystem carbon; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON EMISSION; FORESTRY; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EID: 0033939403     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009692114618     Document Type: Article

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