Carbon storage and vertical distribution in three shrubland communities in Gurbantünggüt Desert, Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, Northwest China

Chinese Geographical Science

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 541-549

  Gong, Yanming ^a   Hu, Yukun ^a   Fang, Fei ^a   Liu, Yanyan ^a   Li, Kaihui ^a   Zhang, Guangming ^b  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Gurbant ngg t desert; Plant biomass carbon; Shrubland community; Soil organic carbon; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ORGANIC CARBON; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHRUBLAND; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHINA; GURBANTUNGGUT DESERT; XINJIANG UYGUR;

HALOXYLON AMMODENDRON; REAUMURIA SOONGARICA; TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA;

EID: 84871499428     PISSN: 10020063     EISSN: 1993064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11769-012-0561-x     Document Type: Article

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