Effects of afforestation on soil carbon turnover in China's subtropical region

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 118-134

  Wang, Shaoqiang ^a   Liu, Jiyuan ^a   Zhang, Cheng ^a   Yi, Chuixiang ^b   Wu, Weixing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

plantation forest; soil organic carbon; stable carbon isotope

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952539625     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-011-0833-x     Document Type: Article

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