Introduction and general description of U.S. Forests

The Potential of U.S. Forest Soils to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 3-14

  Heath, Linda S ^b  

^a USDA NRCS   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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