Carbon dynamics of tropical forests

Managing Forest Carbon in a Changing Climate

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 51-75

  Meister, Kyle ^a   Ashton, Mark S ^a   Craven, Dylan ^a   Griscom, Heather ^b  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; TROPICS;

BOREAL FORESTS; CARBON DYNAMICS; CARBON STORAGE; CRITICAL RESOURCES; MICROBIAL DECOMPOSITION; PLANT RESPIRATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TROPICAL FOREST;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84941025918     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2232-3_4     Document Type: Chapter

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