Aboveground forest biomass and the global carbon balance

Global Change Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 945-958

  Houghton, R A ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Carbon sink; Deforestation; Global carbon; Land use; Terrestrial carbon

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON BALANCE;

EID: 20844459799     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.00955.x     Document Type: Article

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