Quantifying carbon storage for tea plantations in China

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 141, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 390-398

  Li, Shiyu ^a   Wu, Xu ^a   Xue, Hui ^a   Gu, Baojng ^a   Cheng, Hao ^c   Zeng, Jianming ^c   Peng, Changhui ^b,d   Ge, Ying ^a   Chang, Jie ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

^d NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon density; Crop plantation; Soil carbon; Vegetation carbon

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CASH CROPPING; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CULTIVATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; LITTER; PLANATION; POLICY MAKING; PRUNING; SOIL CARBON; SURVEY; TEA; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CHINA;

EID: 79958047569     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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