Small temperature benefits provided by realistic afforestation efforts

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 514-518

  Arora, Vivek K ^a   Montenegro, Alvaro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AFFORESTATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; EMISSION CONTROL; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATE FOREST; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM;

EID: 79961059584     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1182     Document Type: Article

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