An alternative approach for quantifying climate regulation by ecosystems

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 126-133

  West, Paul C ^a,b,d   Narisma, Gemma T ^a,c   Barford, Carol C ^a   Kucharik, Christopher J ^a   Foley, Jonathan A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LAND COVER; TROPICAL REGION;

EID: 78650564471     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/090015     Document Type: Article

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