Europe's terrestrial biosphere absorbs 7 to 12% of European anthropogenic CO2 emissions

Science

Volumn 300, Issue 5625, 2003, Pages 1538-1542

  Janssens, Ivan A ^a   Freibauer, Annette ^b   Ciais, Philippe ^c   Smith, Pete ^d   Nabuurs, Gert Jan ^e,f   Folberth, Gerd ^c   Schlamadinger, Bernhard ^g   Hutjes, Ronald W A ^e   Ceulemans, Reinhart ^a   Schulze, E Detlef ^b   Valentini, Riccardo ^h   Dolman, A Johannes ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^g JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

ⁱ VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; SOILS;

TERRESTRIAL BIOSPHERE;

GAS EMISSIONS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; PEAT;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOSPHERE; CARBON; EMISSION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BIOSPHERE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROPLAND; FOREST; GRASSLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; SOIL; TREES;

EID: 0038724260     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1083592     Document Type: Article

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