Carbon storage in Chinese grassland ecosystems: Influence of different integrative methods

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Ma, Anna ^a   He, Nianpeng ^a   Yu, Guirui ^a   Wen, Ding ^a   Peng, Shunlei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

CARBON CYCLE; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; GRASSLAND; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; GRASSLAND; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84958818445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep21378     Document Type: Article

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