Ecosystem carbon stocks and their changes in China's grasslands

Science China Life Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 757-765

  Fang, Jing Yun ^a   Yang, Yuan He ^a   Ma, Wen Hong ^a   Mohammat, Anwar ^a   Shen, Hai Hua ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

alpine grasslands; biomass; carbon sink; climate change; soil organic carbon; soil texture; temperate grasslands

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; POACEAE; SOIL;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; POACEAE; SOIL;

EID: 77955533013     PISSN: 16747305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-010-4029-x     Document Type: Article

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