Managing carbon sinks in rubber (Hevea brasilensis) Plantation by changing rotation length in SW China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Nizami, Syed Moazzam ^a,c   Yiping, Zhang ^a   Liqing, Sha ^a   Zhao, Wei ^a,b   Zhang, Xiang ^a,b   Wang, Shiping ^d  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; SOIL;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON SINK; CHINA; CO2FIX MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; PLANTATION; ROTATION LENGTH; SIMULATION; SOIL; AGRICULTURE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEVEA; INCOME; METABOLISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

HEVEA;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHINA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; HEVEA; INCOME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL;

EID: 84919800881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115234     Document Type: Article

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