Estimating realized and potential carbon storage benefits from reforestation and afforestation under climate change: A case study of the Qinghai spruce forests in the Qilian Mountains, northwestern China

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1257-1268

  Xu, Zhonglin ^a   Zhao, Chuanyan ^b   Feng, Zhaodong ^a   Zhang, Fang ^a   Sher, Hassan ^c   Wang, Chao ^b   Peng, Huanhua ^b   Wang, Ying ^d   Zhao, Yang ^e   Wang, Yao ^b   Peng, Shouzhang ^b   Zheng, Xianglin ^b  

^a XINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c University of Swat   (Pakistan)

^d Lanzhou Institute of Arid Meteorology   (China)

^e LANZHOU INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Live aboveground biomass; Potential carbon storage; Qinghai spruce; Realized carbon storage

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AFFORESTATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; REFORESTATION;

CHINA; QILIAN MOUNTAINS;

PICEA; PICEA CRASSIFOLIA;

EID: 84887990174     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-012-9420-4     Document Type: Article

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