Clarifying 'carbon sequestration'

Carbon Management

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 309-322

  Krna, Matthew A ^a,b   Rapson, Gillian L ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b C/o Trustee Guardian Trust ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DESCRIPTORS; LABILE C; LIVING ORGANISMS; RELEASE RATIOS; TIME-SCALES; WOODY PLANTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BUDGET CONTROL;

EID: 84878847611     PISSN: 17583004     EISSN: 17583012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/cmt.13.25     Document Type: Review

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