Deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia and global warming

Annals of Arid Zone

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 355-374

  Fearnside, Philip M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbon; Ecosystem services; Environmental services; Greenhouse effect; Rainforest; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349117410     PISSN: 05701791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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