Forest carbon storage along the north-south transect of eastern China: Spatial patterns, allocation, and influencing factors

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 61, Issue , 2016, Pages 960-967

  Wen, Ding ^a,b   He, Nianpeng ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon allocation; Carbon storage; Forest; NSTEC; Pattern; Scale

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DIGITAL STORAGE; SOILS; VEGETATION;

CARBON ALLOCATION; CARBON STORAGE; FOREST; NSTEC; PATTERN; SCALE;

FORESTRY;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; SOIL CARBON; SPATIAL VARIATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CHINA;

EID: 84949727898     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.10.054     Document Type: Article

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