The Australian terrestrial carbon budget

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 851-869

  Haverd, V ^a   Raupach, M R ^a   Briggs, P R ^a   Canadell , J G ^a   Davis, S J ^b   Law, R M ^a   Meyer, C P ^a   Peters, G P ^c   Pickett Heaps, C ^a   Sherman, B ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOME; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMBUSTION; FOSSIL FUEL; FRESHWATER INPUT; HARVESTING; LAND SURFACE; LAND USE CHANGE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84874436511     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-851-2013     Document Type: Article

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