Rapid accumulation of carbon on severely eroded red soils through afforestation in subtropical China

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 300, Issue , 2013, Pages 53-59

  Xie, Jinsheng ^a,b   Guo, Jianfen ^a,b   Yang, Zhijie ^a,b   Huang, Zhiqun ^a,b   Chen, Guangshui ^a,b   Yang, Yusheng ^a,b  

^a FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b State Key Laboratory of Humid Subtropical Mountain Ecology   (China)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Biomass carbon pools; Carbon sequestration; Deep soil; Eroded red soil; LFOC

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; CARBON POOL; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEEP SOILS; LFOC; RED SOILS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES; REFORESTATION; SOILS;

CARBON;

ACCUMULATION RATE; AFFORESTATION; BARE SOIL; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND DEGRADATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PHYTOMASS; RED SOIL; SECONDARY FOREST; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

CHINA;

PINUS MASSONIANA;

EID: 84877920548     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.06.038     Document Type: Article

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