Carbon and the Anthropocene

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 210-218

  Raupach, Michael R ^a   Canadell, Josep G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; DEAD WOOD; DETRITUS; ENERGY FLOW; ENERGY USE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FIRE HISTORY; FOSSIL FUEL; HOLOCENE; HOMINID; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 77957682035     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2010.04.003     Document Type: Review

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