Desertification effects on calorific value, biomass and energy allocation in Horqin Sandy Land, Inner Mongolia, north China

Proceedings - 2009 International Conference on Environmental Science and Information Application Technology, ESIAT 2009

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 131-134

  Li, Yuqiang ^a   Zhao, Halin ^a   Zhao, Xueyong ^a   Zhang, Tonghui ^a   Liu, Xinping ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass energy allocation; Desertification; Horqin Sandy Land; North China

Indexed keywords

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIO-MASS ENERGY; BIOMASS COMPONENTS; BIOMASS ENERGY ALLOCATION; CALORIC VALUE; DESERTIFICATION; ENERGY ALLOCATIONS; HORQIN SANDY LAND; INNER MONGOLIA; LAND-COVER TYPES; NORTH CHINA; ORGANIC MATTER; PLANT BIOMASS; PLANT COMMUNITIES; PLANT LIFE; SURFACE LITTER;

CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOLAR ENERGY;

BIOMASS;

EID: 71049123232     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ESIAT.2009.213     Document Type: Conference Paper

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