First signs of carbon sink saturation in European forest biomass

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 792-796

  Nabuurs, Gert Jan ^a   Lindner, Marcus ^b   Verkerk, Pieter J ^b   Gunia, Katja ^c   Deda, Paola ^d   Michalak, Roman ^d   Grassi, Giacomo ^e  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Arbonaut Ltd   (Finland)

^d FAO UNECE Forestry and Timber Section   (Switzerland)

^e JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON SINK; DEFORESTATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; REGROWTH;

EUROPE;

EID: 84881496677     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1853     Document Type: Article

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