Change of soil organic carbon density of alpine meadow in the headwater areas of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China

Procedia Environmental Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 619-624

  Wen, L ^a   Dong, S K ^a   Zhu, L ^a   Li, X Y ^a   Shi, J J ^b   Wang, Y L ^b   Ma, Y S ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Qinghai Academy of Animal and Veterinary Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine grassland; Grassland Degradation; Qinghai Tibetan Plateau (QTP); Soil Organic Carbon Density (DOC)

Indexed keywords

ALPINE GRASSLAND; ALPINE MEADOW; CARBON POOL; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; GRASSLAND DEGRADATION; GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEMS; HEAD WATERS; QINGHAI PROVINCE; QINGHAI TIBET PLATEAU; QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU; QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU (QTP); SEVERELY DEGRADED GRASSLANDS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON DENSITY (DOC); TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; LAKES; MAINTENANCE; SOILS; VEGETATION;

ORGANIC CARBON;

EID: 79951799423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18780296     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proenv.2010.10.069     Document Type: Conference Paper

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