Characterizing the dynamics of soil organic carbon in grasslands on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 113-120

  Zhang, YongQiang ^a,b   Tang, YanHong ^a   Jiang, Jie ^b   Yang, YongHai ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; CENTURY model; Climate change; Global warming; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; GLOBAL WARMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOIL MECHANICS;

CARBON CYCLE; GRASSLANDS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

LANDFORMS;

CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; GRASSLAND; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 33846407572     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-007-2032-2     Document Type: Article

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