More than a century of Grain for Green Program is expected to restore soil carbon stock on alpine grassland revealed by field 13C pulse labeling

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 550, Issue , 2016, Pages 17-26

  Li, Qi ^a   Chen, Dongdong ^a   Zhao, Liang ^a   Yang, Xue ^b   Xu, Shixiao ^a   Zhao, Xinquan ^a,c  

^a NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^b Department of Education of Qinghai Province ^*  (China)

^c CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Carbon partitioning; Land use cover change; Qinghai Tibetan Plateau; Restoration time; Turnover rate

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; LAND USE; SOILS; VEGETATION;

CARBON CYCLES; CARBON PARTITIONING; LAND USE/COVER CHANGE; QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU; RESTORATION TIME; TURNOVER RATE;

RESTORATION;

CARBON 13; CARBON DIOXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GRASSLAND; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; PARTITIONING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL CARBON;

ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLING; CARBON FIXATION; CARBON PARTITIONING; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROPLAND; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ECOTONE; GRASSLAND; LAND USE; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOOT; SOIL RESPIRATION;

CHINA; QINGHAI; QINGHAI LAKE; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84955594504     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.060     Document Type: Article

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