Risk of natural disturbances makes future contribution of Canada's forests to the global carbon cycle highly uncertain

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1551-1555

  Kurz, Werner A ^a   Stinson, Graham ^a   Rampley, Gregory J ^a   Dymond, Caren C ^a   Neilson, Eric T ^a  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Factoring out; Forest management; Greenhouse gases; Kyoto protocol; Mitigation options

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXHAUST GAS; FIRE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; RISK; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREE;

HEXAPODA;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CANADA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FIRES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK; TREES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 40349089634     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0708133105     Document Type: Article

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