The carbon budget of terrestrial ecosystems at country-scale – a European case study

We summed estimates of the carbon balance of forests, grasslands, arable lands and peatlands to obtain country-specific estimates of the terrestrial carbon balance during the 1990s. Forests and grasslands were a net sink for carbon, whereas croplands were carbon sources in all European countries. He...

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Main Authors: I. A. Janssens, A. Freibauer, B. Schlamadinger, R. Ceulemans, P. Ciais, A. J. Dolman, M. Heimann, G.-J. Nabuurs, P. Smith, R. Valentini, E.-D. Schulze
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2005-01-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/2/15/2005/bg-2-15-2005.pdf