Recent rates of forest harvest and conversion in North America

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Masek, Jeffrey G ^a   Cohen, Warren B ^b   Leckie, Donald ^c   Wulder, Michael A ^c   Vargas, Rodrigo ^d   De Jong, Ben ^e   Healey, Sean ^f   Law, Beverly ^g   Birdsey, Richard ^h   Houghton, R A ⁱ   Mildrexler, David ^j   Goward, Samuel ^k   Smith, W Brad ^h  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^e Unidad Villahermosa Carretera Villahermosa Reforma   (Mexico)

^f ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^g OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Northern Global Change Research Program US Forest Service ^*  (United States)

ⁱ WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEFORESTATION; FOREST INVENTORY; HARVESTING;

CANADA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955068467     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JG001471     Document Type: Article

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