Carbon carry capacity and carbon sequestration potential in China based on an integrated analysis of mature forest biomass

Science China Life Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1218-1229

  Liu, YingChun ^a,b   Yu, GuiRui ^a   Wang, QiuFeng ^a   Zhang, YangJian ^a   Xu, ZeHong ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b State Forestry Administration of China   (China)

Author keywords

carbon carrying capacity; carbon sequestration potential; China; climate; mature forest; pattern; reference level; stand age

Indexed keywords

CARBON; RAIN;

BIOMASS; CHINA; FOREST; METABOLISM; TEMPERATURE;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CHINA; FORESTS; RAIN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84919355522     PISSN: 16747305     EISSN: 18691889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-014-4776-1     Document Type: Article

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