Comment on "prescribed fire as a means of reducing forest carbon emissions in the Western United States"

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 6520-

  Meigs, Garrett W ^a   Campbell, John L ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOSENSOR; CARBON STORAGE; COMBUSTION; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EXHAUST GAS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; TIME FACTORS; TREES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956514071     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es101595t     Document Type: Note

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