Soil and vegetation carbon pools in a mountainous watershed of Nepal

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-191

  Shrestha, Bharat Man ^a   Singh, Bal Ram ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ecosystem carbon pools; Mountain watershed; Nepal; Soil organic carbon; Vegetation carbon

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; LAND USE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; VEGETATION; WATERSHED;

ASIA; BAGMATI; EURASIA; NEPAL; POKHARE KHOLA; SOUTH ASIA;

CASTANOPSIS; POACEAE; SCHIMA; SHOREA;

EID: 44049083329     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-007-9148-9     Document Type: Article

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