Terrestrial vegetation carbon sinks in China, 1981-2000

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1341-1350

  Fang, JingYun ^a   Guo, ZhaoDi ^a   Piao, ShiLong ^a   Chen, AnPing ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon sink; China; Crops; Forests; Grasslands; Shrubs; Soils; Terrestrial ecosystems

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY;

CARBON SINK; GRASSLANDS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

BIOMASS; BIOME; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; SOIL CARBON; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION COVER;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34548710936     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-007-0049-1     Document Type: Article

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