Historical and future perspectives of global soil carbon response to climate and land-use changes

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 700-718

  Eglin, T ^a   Ciais, P ^a   Piao, S L ^b   Barre, P ^c,d   Bellassen, V ^a   Cadule, P ^a   Chenu, C ^c   Gasser, T ^a   Koven, C ^a   Reichstein, M ^e   Smith, P ^f  

^a DIF   (France)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE MODELING; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; ORGANIC CARBON; SIMULATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CHINA; EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958517473     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2010.00499.x     Document Type: Article

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