Carbon storage during the regrowth and conversion of Virginia Piedmont forests

Recent increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide caused by the combustion of fossil fuels and tropical deforestation may result in global warming. Carbon accumulation by regrowing temperate forests, in regions such as the southeastern United States, may have been extensive enough to counterbalance rel...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schiffman, Paula M.
Other Authors: Botany
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45731
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11152013-040331/