The net carbon flux due to deforestation and forest re-growth in the Brazilian Amazon: Analysis using a process-based model

Global Change Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 908-924

  Hirsch, Adam I ^a   Little, William S ^b   Houghton, Richard A ^a   Scott, Neal A ^a   White, Joseph D ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon basin; Biosphere atmosphere carbon flux; Carbon cycle modeling; Land use change

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON FLUX; DEFORESTATION; LAND USE CHANGE; REFORESTATION;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 2642523007     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2003.00765.x     Document Type: Article

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