An increase in topsoil SOC stock of China's croplands between 1985 and 2006 revealed by soil monitoring

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 133-138

  Pan, Genxing ^a   Xu, Xinwang ^a,b   Smith, Pete ^c   Pan, Weinan ^a   Lal, Rattan ^d  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C stock; Climate change mitigation; Croplands; Soil organic carbon; Topsoil

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; MITIGATION; SIMULATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOPSOIL;

CHINA;

EID: 74449091845     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2009.12.011     Document Type: Article

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