Forests, carbon and global climate

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 360, Issue 1797, 2002, Pages 1567-1591

  Malhi, Yadvinder ^a   Meir, Patrick ^a   Brown, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon sink; Climate change; Deforestation; Kyoto Protocol; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUEL;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METABOLISM; PLANT; REVIEW; SEASON; SOIL; TREE;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; GEOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PLANTS; SEASONS; SOIL; TREES;

EID: 0037103612     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2002.1020     Document Type: Review

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