Carbon stocks of three secondary coniferous forests along an altitudinal gradient on Loess Plateau in inland China.

Natural forests in inland China are generally distributed in montane area and secondary due to a semi-arid climate and past anthropogenic disturbances. However, quantification of carbon (C) stock in these forests and the role of altitude in determining C storage and its partition among ecosystem com...

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Main Authors: Ning Liu, Hongwei Nan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5933742?pdf=render