Effects of tree species mixture on soil organic carbon stocks and greenhouse gas fluxes in subtropical plantations in China

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 300, Issue , 2013, Pages 4-13

  Wang, Hui ^a   Liu, Shirong ^a   Wang, Jingxin ^b   Shi, Zuomin ^a   Lu, Lihua ^a   Zeng, Ji ^a   Ming, Angang ^a   Tang, Jixin ^a   Yu, Haolong ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest conversion; Mixed plantation; Soil carbon; Soil atmosphere trace gas exchanges; Subtropical China

Indexed keywords

FOREST CONVERSION; MIXED PLANTATION; SOIL CARBON; SUBTROPICAL CHINA; TRACE GAS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GASES; TROPICS;

SOILS;

AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS FLOW; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE CHANGE; LEAF LITTER; LITTERFALL; MIXED FOREST; MONOCULTURE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC CARBON; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SILVICULTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TRACE GAS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHINA; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GASES; PLANTATIONS; SOIL; TROPICS;

CHINA;

CASTANOPSIS HYSTRIX; PINUS MASSONIANA;

EID: 84877922520     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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