Land cover change and its impacts on soil C and N in two watersheds in the center of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 153-162

  Wang, Genxu ^a   Wang, Yibo ^b   Qian, Ju ^b   Wu, Qingbo ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine cold swamp degradation; China; Grassland cover type transition; Land cover change; Soil nutrients; Soil organic carbon pool

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND COVER; NITROGEN CYCLE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT; WATERSHED;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YANGTZE RIVER; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 33750701855     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/0276-4741(2006)26[153:LCCAII]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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