Effects of land-use regimes on carbon sequestration in the loess plateau, northern China

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-52

  Li, Xudong ^a   Fu, Hua ^a   Li, Xiaodong ^a   Guo, Ding ^a   Dong, Xiaoyu ^a   Wan, Changgui ^a,b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Carbon storage; Cropland; Grassland; Loess plateau

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND USE CHANGE; MANURE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 42649143274     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288230809510434     Document Type: Article

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