Tropical forests and atmospheric carbon dioxide

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 332-337

  Malhi, Yadvinder ^a   Grace, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; TROPICAL FOREST;

AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOREST; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LAND USE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REVIEW; TROPICS;

EID: 0034256013     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(00)01906-6     Document Type: Note

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