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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-5-177-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-5-177-2014
Research article
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27 Mar 2014
Research article |  | 27 Mar 2014

Terminology as a key uncertainty in net land use and land cover change carbon flux estimates

J. Pongratz, C. H. Reick, R. A. Houghton, and J. I. House

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