Vegetation restoration and its effects on carbon balance in Guangdong Province, China

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 487-494

  Peng, Shao Lin ^a   Hou, Yu Ping ^a   Chen, Bao Ming ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; CO2 sequestration; Forest; Vegetation restoration

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL CHANGE; REFORESTATION; SOIL CARBON; VEGETATION COVER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 68149126122     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00399.x     Document Type: Article

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