Long-term effects of natural enclosure: Carbon stocks, sequestration rates and potential for grassland ecosystems in the loess plateau

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 617-625

  Deng, Lei ^a   Sweeney, Sandra ^b   Shangguan, Zhouping ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Land use conversion; Soil organic carbon; Vegetation restoration

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; ORGANIC CARBON; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL CARBON; SUCCESSION;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84899100212     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201300176     Document Type: Article

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