An equilibrium model of the terrestrial carbon budget

Jonathan A. Foley

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v47i3.16050

An equilibrium model of the terrestrial carbon budget

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 47 (1995): Issue 3

By: Jonathan A. Foley

Open Access

|Jan 1995

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