Carbon cycling, climate regulation, and disturbances in Canadian Forests: Scientific principles for management

Land

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 83-118

  Landry, Jean Sébastien ^a   Ramankutty, Navin ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Albedo; Canada; Carbon; Climate; Fire; Forest management; Insect outbreaks; Net emissions; Wood harvest

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988687418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2073445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/land4010083     Document Type: Review

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