Forestry carbon sequestration

Smart Solutions to Climate Change: Comparing Costs and Benefits

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 114-132

  Sohngen, Brent ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84866314965     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511779015.004     Document Type: Chapter

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