Sources and sinks of carbon from land-use change in China

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Houghton, R A ^a   Hackler, J L ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon balance; China; Forests; Land use change; Sources and sinks of carbon; Terrestrial ecosystems

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON CYCLE; DEFORESTATION; LAND USE CHANGE;

CHINA;

EID: 0042238361     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gb001970     Document Type: Article

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