Potential carbon sequestration in China's forests

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 421-432

  Zhang, Xiao Quan ^a   Xu, Deying ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon uptake projections; Chinese forests; F CARBON model

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ACCOUNTING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BUDGET; CALCULATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER MODEL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DECOMPOSITION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FOREST SOIL; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; LAND USE; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFORESTATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; TREE GROWTH;

EID: 0042389469     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1462-9011(03)00072-8     Document Type: Article

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