Soil carbon sequestration and its potential by grassland ecosystems in China

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 0862-0867

  Guo, Ran ^a   Wang, Xiao Ke ^a   Lu, Fei ^a   Duan, Xiao Nan ^a   Ouyang, Zhi Yun ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration potential; Grassland ecosystem; Grassland soils

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958110395     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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