Increased carbon sink in temperate and boreal forests

Climatic Change

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 89-99

  Liski, Jari ^a,b   Korotkov, Alexander V ^c   Prins, Christopher F L ^c   Karjalainen, Timo ^d   Victor, David G ^e   Kauppi, Pekka E ^b  

^a EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Timber Section   (Switzerland)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; FORESTRY; TIMBER;

CARBON SINK;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIOMASS; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST;

EID: 0345531108     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026365005696     Document Type: Article

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