Increase in soil organic carbon stock over the last two decades in China's Jiangsu Province

Global Change Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 861-875

  Liao, Qilin ^a,b   Zhang, Xuhui ^b   Li, Zhipeng ^b   Pan, Genxing ^b   Smith, Pete ^c   Jin, Yang ^a   Wu, Xinmin ^a  

^a Surveying and Mapping Bureau of Jiangsu Province   (China)

^b NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Carbon stock; China; Cropland soils; Geological survey; Global change; Mitigation potential; Paddy soil; Soil database; Soil organic carbon; Top soil; Variability

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; ORGANIC CARBON; PADDY FIELD; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL SURVEY; TOPSOIL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGSU;

EID: 61449088472     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01792.x     Document Type: Article

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