Ecosystem carbon storage and soil organic carbon stability in pure and mixed stands of Cunninghamia lanceolata and Michelia macclurei

Plant and Soil

Volumn 370, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 295-304

  Wang, Qing Kui ^a,b   Wang, Si Long ^a,b   Zhong, Mi Cai ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b Huitong National Research Station of Forest Ecosystem   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass carbon; Carbon sequestration; Recalcitrant soil carbon; Soil carbon stability; Tree species

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL STABILIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CUNNINGHAMIA LANCEOLATA; MICHELIA MACCLUREI;

EID: 84881614100     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-013-1631-2     Document Type: Article

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