Storage and sequestration potential of topsoil organic carbon in China's paddy soils

Global Change Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-92

  Pan, Genxing ^a   Li, Lianqing ^a   Wu, Laosheng ^b   Zhang, Xuhui ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

C sequestration; C stock; Global change; Irrigation agriculture; Paddy soils of China; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; KYOTO PROTOCOL; ORGANIC CARBON; PADDY FIELD; POLLUTION CONTROL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 0842334560     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2003.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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