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Carbon sequestration by forests of the United States. Current status and projections to the year 2040 Cover

Carbon sequestration by forests of the United States. Current status and projections to the year 2040

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 47 (1995): Issue 1-2
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v47i1-2.16043 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 232 - 239
Submitted on: Nov 15, 1993
Accepted on: Aug 8, 1994
Published on: Jan 1, 1995
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1995 David P. Turner, Greg J. Koerper, Mark E. Harmon, Jeffrey J. Lee, published by Stockholm University Press
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