The impact of land use change on soil organic carbon and labile organic carbon stocks in the Longzhong region of Loess Plateau

Journal of Arid Land

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 241-250

  Zhang, Li Hua ^a   Xie, Zhong Kui ^a   Zhao, Rui Feng ^b   Wang, Ya Jun ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abandonment; Carbon sequestration; Cultivation; Labile organic carbon; Land use; Loess plateau

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867073126     PISSN: 16746767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1227.2012.00241     Document Type: Article

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