Grassland degradation reduces the carbon sequestration capacity of the vegetation and enhances the soil carbon and nitrogen loss

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 356-364

  Zhang, Guogang ^a   Kang, Yumei ^b   Han, Guodong ^c   Mei, Hong ^c   Sakurai, Katsutoshi ^b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon loss; Carbon storage; Grassland degradation; Nitrogen loss; Nitrogen storage

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956069738     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064710.2010.495079     Document Type: Article

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