Vegetation carbon storage, spatial patterns and response to altitude in Lancang River Basin, Southwest China

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Chen, Long ^a   Zhang, Changshun ^b   Xie, Gaodi ^b   Liu, Chunlan ^a   Wang, Haihua ^a   Li, Zheng ^a   Pei, Sha ^a   Qiao, Qing ^a  

^a Beijing Municipal Research Institute of Environmental Protection   (China)

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

Author keywords

Altitude; Carbon storage; Lancang River Basin; Latitude; Slope

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; COMPLEX TERRAIN; FOREST INVENTORY; GORGE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; SLOPE; SPATIAL VARIATION; VEGETATION MAPPING;

MEKONG BASIN;

QUERCUS;

EID: 84960413886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8020110     Document Type: Article

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