The spatial distribution of forest carbon sinks and sources in China

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1699-1707

  Liu, Shuang Na ^a,b   Zhou, Tao ^a,b   Wei, Lin Yan ^a,b   Shu, Yang ^b,c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c Key Laboratory of Environmental Change and Natural Disaster   (China)

Author keywords

carbon sinks; carbon sources; China; downscaling; forest; spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862781823     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-4998-1     Document Type: Article

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