Simulating greenhouse gas mitigation potentials for Chinese Croplands using the DAYCENT ecosystem model

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 948-962

  Cheng, Kun ^a,b   Ogle, Stephen M ^b   Parton, William J ^b   Pan, Genxing ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Cropland; DAYCENT; Ecosystem model; Greenhouse gas emissions; Methane; Nitrous oxide; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EMISSION; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CHINA;

CARBON; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROP; CROPLAND; DAYCENT; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHODOLOGY; SOIL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CHINA; CROPLAND; DAYCENT; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON; CHINA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHANE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL;

EID: 84893038481     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12368     Document Type: Article

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