Increasing forest carbon sequestration through cooperation and shared strategies between China and the United States

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2033-2034

  Shao, Guofan ^a   Dai, Limin ^b   Dukes, Jeffrey S ^a,c   Jackson, Robert B ^d   Tang, Lina ^e   Zhao, Jingzhu ^e  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHINA; FOREST; NOTE; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FORESTRY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953901344     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es200147k     Document Type: Note

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