The soil organic carbon storage and its spatial distribution of alpine grassland in the source region of the Yellow River

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 497-504

  Zeng, Yongnian ^a,b   Feng, Zhaodong ^b   Cao, Guangchao ^c   Xue, Liang ^d  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c QINGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine grassland; Soil organic carbon storage; Spatial distribution; Yellow River valley

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CARBON CYCLE; GRASSLAND; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CARBON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 8644286141     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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