Land-use conversion and changing soil carbon stocks in China's 'Grain-for-Green' Program: A synthesis

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3544-3556

  Deng, Lei ^a   Liu, Guo bin ^a,b   Shangguan, Zhou ping ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration rate; China; Cropland conversion; Land use change; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; GRASSLAND; PROCEDURES; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTS; GRASSLAND; SOIL;

EID: 84907887024     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12508     Document Type: Article

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