The impact of afforestation on soil organic carbon sequestration on the Qinghai Plateau, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Shi, Sheng Wei ^a,b,c   Han, Peng Fei ^a,b   Zhang, Ping ^a   Ding, Fan ^b,d   Ma, Cheng Lin ^b,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARBON; SOIL;

AFFORESTATION; ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; CARBON NITROGEN RATIO; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHINA; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; SHRUB; SOIL; TREE; CHEMISTRY; FOREST;

CARBON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHINA; FORESTS; NITROGEN; SOIL; TREES;

EID: 84923797771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116591     Document Type: Article

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