Local-scale carbon budgets and mitigation opportunities for the northeastern united states

BioScience

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-38

  Raciti, Steve M ^a   Fahey, Timothy J ^a   Thomas, R Quinn ^a   Woodbury, Peter B ^a   Driscoll, Charles T ^b   Carranti, Frederick J ^b   Foster, David R ^c   Gwyther, Philip S ^d   Hall, Brian R ^c   Hamburg, Steven P ^e   Jenkins, Jennifer C ^f   Neill, Christopher ^g   Peery, Brandon W ^d   Quigley, Erin E ^h   Sherman, Ruth ^a   Vadeboncoeur, Matt A ⁱ   Weinstein, David A ^a   Wilson, Geoff ^j  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Syracuse University   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d USDOE's Industrial Assessment Center   (United States)

^e ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^g MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^j Hubbard Brook Research Foundation   (United States)

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Author keywords

Carbon; Climate change; Energy; Land useland use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856170902     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2012.62.1.7     Document Type: Review

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