Trends in management of the world's forests and impacts on carbon stocks

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 355, Issue , 2015, Pages 83-90

  Birdsey, Richard ^a   Pan, Yude ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Climate change; Forest management; Land use change

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE; REFORESTATION; SOIL CONSERVATION;

CARBON CYCLES; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND-USE CHANGE; MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES; NON-WOOD FOREST PRODUCTS; TIMBER PRODUCTION;

FORESTRY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; REGENERATION; SURFACE AREA; TREND ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84953346658     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.04.031     Document Type: Review

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