Age-related changes of carbon accumulation and allocation in plants and soil of black locust forest on Loess Plateau in Ansai County, Shaanxi Province of China

Chinese Geographical Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 414-422

  Li, Taijun ^a   Liu, Guobin ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

age sequence; allometric equations; black locust forest; carbon accumulation; carbon allocation; China; Loess Plateau; reforestation; soil organic carbon (SOC)

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOIL; ORGANIC CARBON; PLANT; REFORESTATION; SHRUB; SOIL CARBON; TOPSOIL;

ANSAI; CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; SHAANXI;

ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA;

EID: 84904875056     PISSN: 10020063     EISSN: 1993064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11769-014-0704-3     Document Type: Article

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