Monitoring Network Confirms Land Use Change is a Substantial Component of the Forest Carbon Sink in the eastern United States

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Woodall, C W ^a   Walters, B F ^a   Coulston, J W ^a   D'Amato, A W ^b   Domke, G M ^a   Russell, M B ^c   Sowers, P A ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 84949502420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep17028     Document Type: Article

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