Biomass and carbon dynamics of a tropical mountain rain forest in China

Science China Life Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 798-810

  Chen, De Xiang ^a   Li, Yi De ^a   Liu, He Ping ^b   Xu, Han ^a   Xiao, Wen Fa ^a   Luo, Tu Shou ^a   Zhou, Zhang ^c   Lin, Ming Xian ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

biomass; carbon storage; environmental determinants; Jianfengling; tropical mountain rain forest

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHINA; TREE;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CHINA; TREES;

EID: 77955529940     PISSN: 16747305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-010-4024-2     Document Type: Article

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