Carbon emissions and sequestration from fertilization of pine in the southeastern United States

Forest Science

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 419-429

  Albaugh, Timothy J ^a   Vance, Eric D ^b   Gaudreault, Caroline ^c   Fox, Thomas R ^d   Allen, H Lee ^a   Stape, Jose L ^a   Rubilar, Rafael A ^e  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR AIR AND STREAM IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^c NCASI ^*  (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Nitrogen; Nutrition; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSIONS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECONOMIC VALUES; ENERGY SOURCE; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; FOREST FERTILIZATION; MID-ROTATION; PINE PLANTATIONS; PRODUCT PRICE; SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES; STEM GROWTH; STEMWOODS;

FORESTRY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; NUTRITION; PHOSPHORUS; ROTATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; PHOSPHORUS; ROTATION;

EID: 84867415234     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/forsci.11-050     Document Type: Article

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