A large and persistent carbon sink in the world's forests

Science

Volumn 333, Issue 6045, 2011, Pages 988-993

  Pan, Yude ^a   Birdsey, Richard A ^a   Fang, Jingyun ^b,c   Houghton, Richard ^d   Kauppi, Pekka E ^e   Kurz, Werner A ^f   Phillips, Oliver L ^g   Shvidenko, Anatoly ^h   Lewis, Simon L ^g   Canadell, Josep G ⁱ   Ciais, Philippe ^j   Jackson, Robert B ^k   Pacala, Stephen W ^l   McGuire, A David ^m   Piao, Shilong ^b   Rautiainen, Aapo ^e   Sitch, Stephen ^g   Hayes, Daniel ⁿ  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^d WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^h INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

ⁱ CSIRO   (Australia)

^j LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^k DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

ⁿ OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUEL;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SINK; DECADAL VARIATION; DEFORESTATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY; FOSSIL FUEL; LAND USE CHANGE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; REGROWTH; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; BIOME; CARBON SINK; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; LAND USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 80051879083     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1201609     Document Type: Article

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