Soil organic carbon pools in alpine to nival zones along an altitudinal gradient (4400-5300 m) on the Tibetan Plateau

Polar Science

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 277-285

  Ohtsuka, Toshiyuki ^a   Hirota, Mitsuru ^b   Zhang, Xianzhou ^c   Shimono, Ayako ^d   Senga, Yukiko ^e   Du, Minguan ^f   Yonemura, Seiichiro ^f   Kawashima, Shigeto ^f   Tang, Yanhong ^d  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

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

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^e RISSHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpine ecosystems; Altitudinal gradient; Soil organic carbon; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECOMPOSITION; MEADOW; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; TUNDRA; VEGETATION COVER;

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

EID: 58049211904     PISSN: 18739652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polar.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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