Direct measurement of soil organic carbon content change in the croplands of China

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1487-1496

  Yan, Xiaoyuan ^a,b   Cai, Zucong ^a   Wang, Shuwei ^a   Smith, Pete ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; China; Climate change; Croplands management; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHERNOZEM; CLIMATE CHANGE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL SURVEY;

CHINA;

EID: 79251606570     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02286.x     Document Type: Article

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