Organic Carbon Storage in China's Urban Areas

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Zhao, Shuqing ^a   Zhu, Chao ^a   Zhou, Decheng ^a   Huang, Dian ^a   Werner, Jeremy ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON;

ARTICLE; CARBON STORAGE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION;

ALGORITHMS; CARBON; CHINA; CITIES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; PLANTS; SOIL; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84883175442     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071975     Document Type: Article

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