Biomass carbon stocks in China's forests between 2000 and 2050: A prediction based on forest biomass-age relationships

Science China Life Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 776-783

  Xu, Bing ^a   Guo, Zhao Di ^a   Piao, Shi Long ^a   Fang, Jing Yun ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

carbon pool; carbon sink; forest biomass age relationship; forest inventory data; forest volume

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHINA; TREE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON; CHINA; TREES;

EID: 77955545138     PISSN: 16747305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-010-4030-4     Document Type: Article

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