Contemporary carbon dynamics in terrestrial ecosystems in the Southeastern Plains of the United States

Environmental Management

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Liu, Shuguang ^a   Loveland, Thomas R ^b   Kurtz, Rachel M ^b  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Land cover change; Modeling; Scaling; Source and sink; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GEOCHEMISTRY; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CARBON CYCLE; LAND COVER CHANGE; MODELING; SCALING; SOURCE AND SINK; UNCERTAINTY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON BUDGET; LAND COVER; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; LAND BIOME; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

AGRICULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOCHEMISTRY; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4344581101     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-003-9152-z     Document Type: Article

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