Patterns and mechanisms of the forest carbon cycle

Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Volumn 28, Issue , 2003, Pages 169-204

  Gower, Stith T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Disturbance; Forest products; Global change; Net ecosystem production; Net primary production

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NITROGEN; VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE; FOREST CARBON CYCLE; GLOBAL CHANGE; GREATER GREENHOUSE GASES; TERRESTRIAL CARBON;

GLOBAL WARMING;

EID: 1642542465     PISSN: 15435938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.energy.28.050302.105515     Document Type: Article

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