Spatial distribution of soil organic carbon and its influencing factors in desert grasslands of the hexi corridor, Northwest China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Min ^a,b   Su, Yongzhong ^a   Yang, Xiao ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; SOIL;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARTICLE; BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; BIOTIC STRESS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHINA; CLAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DESERT CLIMATE; DESERT GRASSLAND; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRASSLAND; PRECIPITATION; SAND; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL SOIL VARIABILITY; TEMPERATE GRASSLAND; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VEGETATION; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; POACEAE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHINA; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GRASSLAND; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POACEAE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84899637341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094652     Document Type: Article

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