Impact of land use type conversion on carbon storage in terrestrial ecosystems of China: A spatial-temporal perspective

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Zhang, Mei ^a   Huang, Xianjin ^a   Chuai, Xiaowei ^a   Yang, Hong ^b   Lai, Li ^c   Tan, Junzhong ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Jiangsu Information Center   (China)

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EID: 84929376679     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10233     Document Type: Review

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