Land use change effects on forest carbon cycling throughout the southern United States

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1348-1363

  Woodbury, Peter B ^a,b   Heath, Linda S ^a   Smith, James E ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON STOCKS; FOREST CARBON CYCLING; FOREST FLOORS; NET SEQUESTRATION;

CARBON; DEFORESTATION; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

LAND USE;

AFFORESTATION; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEFORESTATION; FOREST; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE; SOIL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTRY; GASES; GEOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

CARBON; DEFORESTATION; FORESTRY; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 33746452654     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2005.0148     Document Type: Conference Paper

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