The response of soil CO2 efflux to desertification on alpine meadow in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 349-358

  Zhang, Fang ^a   Wang, Tao ^a   Xue, Xian ^a   Han, Bangshuai ^b   Peng, Fei ^a   You, Quangang ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Desertification; Environmental factors; Qinghai Tibet Plateau; Soil CO2 efflux

Indexed keywords

ALPINE MEADOW; EFFLUX RATE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; GROWING SEASON; LINEAR MODEL; QINGHAI TIBET PLATEAU; SDL; SOIL CO; THEORETICAL RESEARCH;

CLIMATOLOGY; SOILS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWING SEASON; MEADOW; RESEARCH WORK; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EMISSION;

CHINA; MADUO; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 77954083447     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0421-x     Document Type: Article

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