Forest carbon management in the United States: 1600-2100

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1461-1469

  Birdsey, Richard ^a   Pregitzer, Kurt ^b   Lucier, Alan ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR AIR AND STREAM IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STOCKS; FOREST CARBON RESOURCES; LAND CLEARING;

CARBON; INVENTORY CONTROL; INVESTMENTS;

FORESTRY;

CARBON;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STORAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION; BIOMASS; CARBON; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTRY; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

CARBON; CHELATION; FORESTRY; INVENTORY CONTROL; INVESTMENT;

EID: 33746410623     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2005.0162     Document Type: Conference Paper

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