Evidence for the postconquest demographic collapse of the Americas in historical CO2 levels

Earth Interactions

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1-14

  Faust, Franz X ^a   Gnecco, Cristóbal ^a   Mannstein, Hermann ^b   Stamm, Jörg ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL CAUCA   (Colombia)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c ECOBAMBOO   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Carbon; Climate; Forest

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORESTRY; POPULATION STATISTICS;

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; ANTARCTICA; CAUSAL CHAINS; CLIMATE; FOREST; ICE CORE; MEASUREMENTS OF; PALEOCLIMATES;

POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84879297807     PISSN: 10873562     EISSN: 10873562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/EI157.1     Document Type: Article

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