From sink to source: Regional variation in U.S. forest carbon futures

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wear, David N ^a   Coulston, John W ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; UNITED STATES;

CARBON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84947092920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep16518     Document Type: Article

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