Carbon density and anthropogenic land-use influences on net land-use change emissions

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 6323-6337

  Smith, S J ^a   Rothwell, A ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; DATA SET; GLOBAL CHANGE; HARVESTING; LAND USE CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PASTURE; REGROWTH; SECONDARY FOREST;

EID: 84885994825     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-6323-2013     Document Type: Article

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