Societal choice for climate change futures: Trees, biotechnology, and clean development

BioScience

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 742-750

  Boyd, Emily ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bioengineering; climate futures; feasibility; risks; super carbon trees

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957970248     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2010.60.9.11     Document Type: Article

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