Effects of land use, climate, topography and soil properties on regional soil organic carbon and total nitrogen in the Upstream Watershed of Miyun Reservoir, North China

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 387-395

  Wang, Shufang ^a   Wang, Xiaoke ^a   Ouyang, Zhiyun ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Multiple regression analysis; Principal component analysis; Soil organic carbon; Soil total nitrogen

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; C SEQUESTRATION; ENVIRONMENT FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; LAND-USE CHANGE; MIYUN RESERVOIR; MULTICOLLINEARITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NATURAL SECONDARY FORESTS; NORTH CHINA; OPTIMAL MODEL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS (PCA); REGIONAL SCALE; SITE CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL CLAY; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TOTAL NITROGEN; STUDY AREAS; TOTAL NITROGEN;

GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS; STATISTICS; WATERSHEDS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

CARBON; NITROGEN;

CLIMATE EFFECT; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SECONDARY FOREST; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WATER CONTENT; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; RIVER; SOIL; WATER SUPPLY;

CARBON; CHINA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; NITROGEN; RIVERS; SOIL; WATER SUPPLY;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; MIYUN RESERVOIR;

EID: 84863285092     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(11)60789-4     Document Type: Article

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