Regional differences in the carbon source-sink potential of natural vegetation in the U.S.A.

Environmental Management

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Bachelet, Dominique ^a   Neilson, Ronald P ^b   Lenihan, James M ^b   Drapek, Raymond J ^b  

^a Oregon State University   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; BIOMASS; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS DYNAMICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; VEGETATION;

CARBON FLUXES; CARBON SOURCE; NATURAL VEGETATION; SHURBLANDS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CARBON; RAIN;

CARBON FLUX; CARBON SINK; REGIONAL PATTERN; SOIL CARBON; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON SOURCE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FIRE; FOREST; GAS EXCHANGE; GRASSLAND; RANGELAND; REDUCTION; SCRUB; SOIL; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION;

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PLANTS; SIMULATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27544433629     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-003-9115-4     Document Type: Article

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