Carbon sequestration and forest management

CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Jandl, Robert ^a   Vesterdal, Lars ^b   Olsson, Mats ^c   Bens, Oliver ^d   Badeck, Franz ^e   Rock, Joachim ^e  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR FORESTS   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

C sequestration; Ecosystem dynamics; Forest management

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350200296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PAVSNNR20072017     Document Type: Review

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