Tropical deforestation and greenhouse-gas emissions

Ecological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 982-986

  Fearnside, Philip M ^a   Laurance, William F ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Amazon; Carbon emission; Deforestation; Global warming; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; DEFORESTATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 4444290162     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-5225     Document Type: Article

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