A commentary on 'Mineral soil carbon fluxes in forests and implications for carbon balance assessments': A deeper look at the data

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 362-365

  Hoover, Coeli M ^a   Heath, Linda S ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon accounting; Carbon assessments; Forest soil; Management impacts; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON; SOILS;

CARBON ACCOUNTING; CARBON BALANCE; FOREST CARBONS; FOREST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; FOREST SOILS; MINERAL SOILS; RESEARCH STUDIES; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

FORESTRY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOENERGY; CARBON BALANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST SOIL; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CARBON;

EID: 84923081497     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12130     Document Type: Editorial

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