Soil carbon stocks and their variability across the forests, shrublands and grasslands of peninsular Spain

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 8353-8361

  Doblas Miranda, E ^a   Rovira, P ^b   Brotons, L ^a,b   Martinez Vilalta J ^a,c   Retana, J ^a,c   Pla, M ^b   Vayreda, J ^a  

^a CREAF   (Spain)

^b CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYTOMASS; SHRUBLAND; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; VEGETATION COVER; VULNERABILITY;

SPAIN;

EID: 84890731310     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-8353-2013     Document Type: Article

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