The tropical forest carbon cycle and climate change | Nature
Jul 26, 2018 · Tropical forests make an approximately neutral contribution to the global carbon cycle, with intact and recovering forests taking in as much carbon as is released through deforestation and...
- Author: Edward T. A. Mitchard
- Email: edward.mitchard@ed.ac.uk
- Publish Year: 2018
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