Temporal evolution of the European forest sector carbon sink from 1950 to 1999

Global Change Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 152-160

  Nabuurs, Gert Jan ^a,b   Schelhaas, Mart Jan ^a   Mohrens, Godefridus M J ^a   Field, Christopher B ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon balance; Disturbance; Forest management; Inventory base carbon budget; Soil carbon; Trade; Wood products

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SINK; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INVENTORY;

EUROPE;

EID: 0037292607     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2003.00570.x     Document Type: Article

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