Soil carbon sequestration potential for "grain for green" project in Loess Plateau, China

Environmental Management

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1158-1172

  Chang, Ruiying ^a   Fu, Bojie ^a   Liu, Guohua ^a   Liu, Shuguang ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest; General linear model; Grassland; Restoration age; Shrub; SOC

Indexed keywords

FOREST; GENERAL LINEAR MODELS; GRASSLAND; SHRUB; SOC;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORESTRY; ORGANIC CARBON; RESTORATION; SOILS;

CONSERVATION;

ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; SHRUB; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EROSION; WOODLAND;

ARTICLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHINA; CLIMATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRASSLAND; SHRUB; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL EROSION; VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; CEREALS; CHINA; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; POACEAE; SOIL;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHELATION; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; FORESTS; RESTORATION; SOIL;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 82655180869     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-011-9682-8     Document Type: Article

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