Carbon, Fossil Fuel, and Biodiversity Mitigation With Wood and Forests

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 248-275

  Oliver, Chadwick Dearing ^a   Nassar, Nedal T ^a   Lippke, Bruce R ^b   McCarter, James B ^b  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

biodiversity; carbon sequestration; fossil fuel; global forest growth; sustainable forest management; wood products

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; HARVESTING; WOOD PRODUCTS;

AVOIDED EMISSIONS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENERGY ANALYSIS; FOREST GROWTH; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SOLID WOOD PRODUCTS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; UTILIZATION EFFICIENCY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST PRODUCT; FOSSIL FUEL; HARVESTING; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; WOOD;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHELATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOSSIL FUELS; HARVESTING; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 84897078469     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10549811.2013.839386     Document Type: Article

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