Sub-continental-scale carbon stocks of individual trees in African drylands.
Journal
Nature
ISSN: 1476-4687
Titre abrégé: Nature
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0410462
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
03 2023
03 2023
Historique:
received:
16
12
2021
accepted:
13
12
2022
entrez:
1
3
2023
pubmed:
2
3
2023
medline:
4
3
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The distribution of dryland trees and their density, cover, size, mass and carbon content are not well known at sub-continental to continental scales
Identifiants
pubmed: 36859581
doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05653-6
pii: 10.1038/s41586-022-05653-6
pmc: PMC9977681
doi:
Substances chimiques
Carbon
7440-44-0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
80-86Commentaires et corrections
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© 2023. This is a U.S. Government work and not under copyright protection in the US; foreign copyright protection may apply.
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