A review of research progress and future prospective of forest soil carbon stock and soil carbon process in China

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 31, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 5437-5448

  Liu, Shirong ^a   Wang, Hui ^a   Luan, Junwei ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST SOIL; LAND USE CHANGE; LITERATURE REVIEW; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESEARCH PROGRAM; SOIL CARBON; SOIL RESPIRATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STABILIZATION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

CHINA;

EID: 80054963762     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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