Appearance can be deceptive: shrubby native mangrove species contributes more to soil carbon sequestration than fast-growing exotic species

Plant and Soil

Volumn 432, Issue 1-2, 2018, Pages 425-436

  He, Ziying ^a   Peng, Yisheng ^a   Guan, Dongsheng ^a   Hu, Zhan ^a   Chen, Yujuan ^a   Lee, Shing Yip ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Carbon stocks; Fine root biomass; Kandelia obovata; Mangrove afforestation; Sonneratia apetala; Southern China

Indexed keywords

KANDELIA OBOVATA; SONNERATIA APETALA;

EID: 85053664381     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-018-3821-4     Document Type: Article

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