Change in soil organic carbon following the 'grain-for-green' programme in China

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-23

  Zhang, K ^a,b   Dang, H ^a   Tan, S ^a,b   Cheng, X ^a   Zhang, Q ^a  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon sink; Grain for Green project; Land use change; People's Republic of China; Restoration; Soil carbon sequestration

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; ANNUAL AVERAGE; AVERAGE RATE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; GROUND VEGETATION; LAND-USE CHANGE; NATURAL REGENERATION; PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; RATE OF CHANGE; SECONDARY FORESTS; SOIL CARBON SEQUESTRATION; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); LAND USE; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; SOILS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GEOACCUMULATION; LAND USE CHANGE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CARBON; CHELATION; CHINA; GRAIN; LAND USE; NATURAL REFORESTATION; PLANTS; PRECIPITATION; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; SOIL;

CHINA;

EID: 77950045130     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.954     Document Type: Article

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