Forests, carbon, and the global environment: New Directions In Research

Land use and the Carbon Cycle: Advances in Integrated Science, Management, and Policy

Volumn 9781107011243, Issue , 2009, Pages 505-522

  Skole, David L ^a   Samek, Jay H ^a   Chomentowski, Walter ^a   Smalligan, Michael ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CROPS; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMICS; FEEDSTOCKS; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; FUEL ECONOMY; FUELS; LAND USE; OILS AND FATS; PALM OIL; SOYBEAN OIL;

BIOFUEL FEEDSTOCKS; BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK; FOOD SOURCES; FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT; LAND-USE CHANGE; NATURAL FORESTS; RENEWABLE FUELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84924108813     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511894824.026     Document Type: Chapter

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