Global pattern of soil carbon losses due to the conversion of forests to agricultural land

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wei, Xiaorong ^a   Shao, Mingan ^a   Gale, William ^b   Li, Linhai ^c  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACTUAL DATABASE; FOREST; METABOLISM; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTS; SOIL;

EID: 84900016397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04062     Document Type: Article

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