Effect of land-cover change on terrestrial carbon dynamics in the southern United States

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1533-1547

  Chen, Hua ^a   Tian, Hanqin ^a   Liu, Mingliang ^a   Melillo, Jerry ^b   Pan, Shufen ^a   Zhang, Chi ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODEL; LAND-COVER CHANGE; TEMPORARY VARIABILITY;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FLUXES; GEOCHEMISTRY; SOILS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

LAND USE;

CARBON;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DYNAMICS; CARBON STORAGE; CLIMATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROPLAND; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; LAND USE; SOIL; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION;

CARBON; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746396045     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2005.0198     Document Type: Conference Paper

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