Federal land management, carbon sequestration, and climate change in the Southeastern U.S.: A case study with fort benning

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 992-997

  Zhao, Shuqing ^a,b   Liu, Shuguang ^b   Li, Zhengpeng ^b   Sohl, Terry L ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; ATMOSPHERIC CARBON; BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELING; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT; FEDERAL LANDS; FOREST HARVESTING; FORT BENNING; LAND MANAGEMENTS; MILITARY INSTALLATIONS; MILITARY TRAINING; PROACTIVE MANAGEMENT; U.S. ARMY;

FORESTRY; LAND USE; ROADS AND STREETS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST DYNAMICS; GOVERNMENT; LAND USE; PHYSICAL MODEL; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; SOIL; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; TREES;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON; CLIMATES; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LAND USE; ROADS;

FORT BENNING; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75749139337     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9009019     Document Type: Article

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