Effects of land use and forest management on the carbon cycle in the brazilian amazon

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 79-97

  Fearnside, Philip M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Development; Emissions; Environmental services; Subsistence clearing

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON EMISSION; DEFORESTATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND USE;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0035180437     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J091v12n01_05     Document Type: Article

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