Biomass accumulation and carbon sequestration in an age-sequence of Zanthoxylum bungeanum plantations under the Grain for Green Program in karst regions, Guizhou province

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 203, Issue , 2015, Pages 88-95

  Cheng, Jianzhong ^a   Lee, Xinqing ^a   Theng, Benny K G ^b   Zhang, Like ^a,c   Fang, Bin ^a,c   Li, Fushan ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Age sequence; Carbon storage; Grain for green program; Karst region

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; KARST; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CHINA; GUIZHOU;

ZANTHOXYLUM BUNGEANUM;

EID: 84921060154     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2015.01.004     Document Type: Article

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