Management and land use change effects on soil carbon in northern China's grasslands: A synthesis

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 329-340

  Wang, Shiping ^a   Wilkes, Andreas ^b,c   Zhang, Zhicai ^b,c   Chang, Xiaofeng ^d,e   Lang, Rong ^b   Wang, Yanfen ^e   Niu, Haishan ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^d NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Cultivation; Grasslands; Grazing; Land use change; Pasture

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CULTIVATION; FOSSIL FUEL; GRASSLAND; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LIVESTOCK; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ORGANIC CARBON; OVERGRAZING; PASTURE; SOIL CARBON;

CHINA;

EID: 80051581187     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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