Documenting the full climate benefits of harvested wood products in northern california: Linking harvests to the us greenhouse gas inventory

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 340-353

  Stewart, William C ^a   Nakamura, Gary M ^b  

^a Department of Environmental Science ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GAS PLANTS; GREENHOUSE GASES; URBAN GROWTH; WOOD; WOOD PRODUCTS;

FOREST MANAGERS; GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY; HARVEST VOLUMES; HARVESTED WOOD PRODUCTS; MANAGEMENT REGIME; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; WASTE-TO-ENERGY PLANTS; WOOD UTILIZATION;

HARVESTING;

CALIFORNIA; CLIMATES; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GASES; HARVESTING; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 84873666591     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13073/0015-7473-62.5.340     Document Type: Review

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