Forest inventories for carbon change assessments

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 686-695

  Mohren, G M J ^a   Hasenauer, H ^b   Kohl M ^c   Nabuurs, G J ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMASS; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EMISSION CONTROL; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST PRODUCT; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE CHANGE; SOIL CARBON; TIMBER;

EID: 84869227988     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2012.10.002     Document Type: Review

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