Ecosystem carbon storage following different approaches to grassland restoration in south-eastern Horqin Sandy Land, northern China

Global climate change and extensive socio-economic development both act to decrease the ground cover in the semi-arid sandy grasslands of Horqin district, northern China. Loss of ground cover increases the direct exposure of the surface soil to erosion by strong winds—a process that ultimately conve...

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Main Authors: Jiyou Yuan, Zhiyun Ouyang, Hua Zheng, Yirong Su
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-04-01
Series:Global Ecology and Conservation
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235198942030980X