An ecosystem context for global gross forest cover loss estimates

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 9025-9026

  Kurz, Werner A ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; CARBON CYCLE; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL CHANGE; LAND USE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TREES;

EID: 77952696062     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1004508107     Document Type: Note

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