Can we reconcile differences in estimates of carbon fluxes from land-use change and forestry for the 1990s?

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3291-3310

  Ito, A ^a   Penner, J E ^b   Prather, M J ^c   De Campos, C P ^d   Houghton, R A ^e   Kato, T ^a   Jain, A K ^f   Yang, X ^f   Hurtt, G C ^g   Frolking, S ^g   Fearon, M G ^g   Chini, L P ^g   Wang, A ^h   Price, D T ⁱ  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^e WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

ⁱ NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FORESTRY; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

BRAZIL; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46449139752     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-3291-2008     Document Type: Article

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