Vegetation and carbon sequestration and their relation to water resources in an inland river basin of Northwest China

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 702-710

  Kang, E ^a   Lu, L ^a   Xu, Z ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Inland river basins; Management; Vegetation; Water resources

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; RIVERS; WATERSHEDS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DISTRIBUTION OF WATER; DOWN-STREAM; GROWING CONDITIONS; HEIHE RIVER BASIN; INLAND RIVER BASIN; NORTHWEST CHINA; VEGETATION LANDSCAPE; WATERS RESOURCES; ZONE CONTROLS;

VEGETATION;

BASIN MANAGEMENT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; INLAND SEA; RIVER BASIN; SIMULATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER RESOURCE;

ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHINA; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT WATER RELATION; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RIVER BASIN; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TABLE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; HEIHE BASIN;

EID: 34548860952     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.09.007     Document Type: Article

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