Carbon sequestration by forestation across China: Past, present, and future

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1291-1299

  Huang, Lin ^a   Liu, Jiyuan ^a,b   Shao, Quanqin ^a   Xu, Xinliang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b NONE   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; China; Plantation forests; Trends

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; GLOBAL WARMING;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHINA; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; FOREST INVENTORY DATA; PLANTATION FORESTS; SCALE TRANSFORMATION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; TRENDS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHELATION; CHINA; ECOLOGY; FORESTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 84855266937     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2011.10.004     Document Type: Review

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