New estimate of the carbon sink strength of EU forests integrating flux measurements, field surveys, and space observations: 0.17-0.35 Gt(C)

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Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 582-584

  Martin, Philippe H ^a   Valentini, R ^b   Jacques, M ^a   Fabbri, K ^a   Galati, D ^b   Quaratino, R ^b   Moncrieff, J B ^c   Jarvis, P ^c   Jensen, N O ^c   Lindroth, A ^c   Grelle, A ^c,c   Aubinet, M ^c   Ceulemans, R ^c   Kowalski, A S ^c   Vesala, T ^c   Keronen, P ^c   Matteucci, G ^c   Grainer, A ^c   Barbingier, P ^c   Loustau, D ^c   Schulze, E D ^c   Tenhunen, J ^c   Rebman, C ^c   Dolman, A J ^c   Elbers, J E ^c   Bernhofer, C ^c   Grunwald T ^c   Thorgeirsson, H ^c   Kennedy, P ^c   Folving, S ^c   more..

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^c Department of Forest Science ^*

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