The importance of rapid, disturbance-induced losses in carbon management and sequestration

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-5

  Breshears, David D ^a   Allen, Craig D ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon management; Carbon sequestration; Disturbance; Erosion; Fire; Forest dieback; Reforestation

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; MANAGEMENT; CARBON EMISSION; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EROSION; FIRE; POLLUTION CONTROL; REFORESTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0036187084     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-822X.2002.00274.x     Document Type: Article

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