Reconciling the supply of and demand for carbon cycle science in the U.S. agricultural sector

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-84

  Logar, Nathaniel J ^a   Conant, Richard T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Carbon cycle science; Carbon sequestration; Climate change; Decision making; Science policy

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ORGANIC MATTER;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON UTILIZATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERVIEW; NATURAL SCIENCE; ORGANIZATION; POLICY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH PRIORITY; SCIENTIST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845500500     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2006.10.006     Document Type: Article

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