Effects of cropland conversion and climate change on agrosystem carbon balance of China's Dryland: A typical watershed study

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2018, Pages

  Li, Chaofan ^a,b   Han, Qifei ^a   Luo, Geping ^c   Zhao, Chengyi ^a   Li, Shoubo ^a   Wang, Yuangang ^d   Yu, Dongsheng ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^d Housing Expropriation and Compensation Management Office   (China)

Author keywords

AEM model; C bookkeeping model; Carbon balance; Climate change; Cropland expansion; Northwest China

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ARABLE LAND; ARID REGION; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GRASSLAND; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND USE CHANGE; SOIL CARBON; WATERSHED;

CHINA;

EID: 85057871907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su10124508     Document Type: Article

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