Harvesting in boreal forests and the biofuel carbon debt

Climatic Change

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 415-428

  Holtsmark, Bjart ^a  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FORESTS; CARBON STOCKS; CLIMATE POLICY; MODEL SIMULATION; PAYBACK TIME; TIME LAG; WOOD ENERGY; WOOD HARVESTING;

CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; HARVESTING; WOOD;

BIOFUELS;

BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON BUDGET; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOSSIL FUEL; MATURATION; TIMBER HARVESTING; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

CARBON; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; HARVESTING; SIMULATION; STABILIZATION; WOOD;

EID: 84859217810     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0222-6     Document Type: Article

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