Spatial distribution of carbon density in grassland vegetation of the Loess Plateau of China

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 0226-0237

  Cheng, Jimin ^a,b   Cheng, Jie ^a   Yang, Xiaomei ^b   Liu, Wei ^b   Chen, Furong ^b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon density; Climate; Natural grassland; Response; The Loess Plateau

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; LEAF LITTER; LINEARITY; MEADOW; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVEY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; ZONATION;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84863038263     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5846/stxb201011131626     Document Type: Article

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