Climate change effects on soil carbon dynamics and greenhouse gas emissions in Abies fabri forest of subalpine, southwest China

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1015-1021

  Lu, Xuyang ^a,b   Cheng, Genwei ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Forest DNDC; Greenhouse gas; Soil carbon dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CHANGES; CONIFEROUS FORESTS; ELEVATED TEMPERATURES; FOREST FLOORS; FOREST-DNDC; FUTURE CLIMATES; GREEN HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; MINERAL SOILS; NO EMISSIONS; SOIL CARBON DYNAMICS; SOIL-ORGANIC CARBONS; SOUTHWEST CHINAS;

CLIMATOLOGY; DYNAMICS; FIRE HAZARDS; FORESTRY; GAS EMISSIONS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); ORGANIC CARBON; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GREENHOUSE GAS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL CARBON; SOIL EMISSION; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CARBON; EMISSION; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; LEAKAGE; METEOROLOGY; SOIL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ABIES; ABIES FABRI;

EID: 67349279790     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.10.028     Document Type: Article

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