SOC storage and potential of grasslands from 2000 to 2012 in central and eastern Inner Mongolia, China

Journal of Arid Land

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 364-374

  Tian, Zheng ^a   Wu, Xiuqin ^a   Dai, Erfu ^b   Zhao, Dongsheng ^b  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

carbon sequestration; MODIS data; soil organic carbon potential; soil organic carbon storage; vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GRASSLAND; MODIS; ORGANIC CARBON; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL CARBON; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION COVER;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 84962132638     PISSN: 16746767     EISSN: 21947783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40333-016-0041-8     Document Type: Article

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