Global warming and terrestrial carbon sequestration

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 653-655

  Seneviratne, Gamini ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NOTE; SOIL; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0346874334     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02708423     Document Type: Note

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