Carbon gains and recovery from degradation of forest biomass in European Union during 1990-2005

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1232-1238

  Rautiainen, Aapo ^a   Saikku, Laura ^a   Kauppi, Pekka E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biomass carbon balance; Carbon reserves; Carbon sequestration; Forested landscape

Indexed keywords

19TH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE POLICY; DATA SOURCE; EUROPEAN UNION; FINLAND; FOREST BIOMASS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST VEGETATION; FORESTED LANDSCAPES; GERMANY; INDUCED DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENTS; NET GAIN; PER CAPITA;

BIOMASS; DEGRADATION; LAND USE;

FORESTRY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DATA SET; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; FOREST COVER; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PHYTOMASS;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CHELATION; DEGRADATION; FORESTRY; LAND USE;

EUROPE;

EID: 76449083085     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.07.043     Document Type: Article

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