Forest cutting and impacts on carbon in the eastern United States

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zhou, Decheng ^a   Liu, Shuguang ^b   Oeding, Jennifer ^b   Zhao, Shuqing ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; TREE; UNITED STATES;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTRY; TREES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890947925     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03547     Document Type: Article

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