Do the rubber plantations in tropical China act as large carbon sinks?

IForest

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 42-47

  Song, Qing Hai ^a,b   Tan, Zheng Hong ^a,b   Zhang, Yi Ping ^a,b   Sha, Li Qing ^a   Deng, Xiao Bao ^a   Deng, Yun ^a   Zhou, Wen Jun ^a,b   Zhao, Jun Fu ^a,b   Zhao, Jun Bin ^a,b   Zhang, Xiang ^a,b,c,d,e   Zhao, Wei ^a,b,c,d,e   Yu, Gui Rui ^c   Sun, Xiao Min ^c   Liang, Nai Shen ^d   Yang, Lian Yan ^a,b  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Biometric Method; Carbon Sink; Eddy Flux; Neutral Atmospheric Condition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891883686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19717458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3832/ifor0891-007     Document Type: Article

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