Carbon emissions from forest conversion by Kalimantan oil palm plantations

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 283-287

  Carlson, Kimberly M ^a,b,g   Curran, Lisa M ^a,b,c   Asner, Gregory P ^d   Pittman, Alice McDonald ^a,b   Trigg, Simon N ^e   Marion Adeney, J ^b,f  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f AAAS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; CARBON EMISSION; GLOBAL CHANGE; LANDSAT; OIL PRODUCTION; PLANTATION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; VEGETABLE OIL;

BORNEO; INDONESIA; KALIMANTAN;

EID: 84874596830     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1702     Document Type: Article

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