Grasslands cover about 40% of China's land area. This paper synthesizes 133 papers from China on the impacts of land use conversion and improved management practices on soil organic carbon (SOC) in China's grasslands. The synthesis finds that overgrazing and conversion of freely grazed grassland ...
Wang, Shiping
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Wilkes, Andreas
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Zhang, Zhicai
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Chang, Xiaofeng
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Lang, Rong
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Wang, Yanfen
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Niu, Haishan
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[Management and land use change effects on soil carbon in China s grasslands: a synthesis]
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Management and land use change effects on soil carbon in China s grasslands: a synthesis
This paper develops three scenarios for the management of an existing, low productivity, collective forest plot in Southwest China: continuation of the status quo, transition to sustainable forest management (SFM), and conversion to a short rotation species for producing biomass for electricity g...
Kahrl F
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Su Y
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Tennigkeit, Timm
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Wilkes, Andreas
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Xu, Jianchu
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Yan M
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[Incentives for carbon sequestration and energy production in low productivity collective forests in Southwest China]
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Incentives for carbon sequestration and energy production in low productivity collective forests in Southwest China
Southwest China s Yunnan province has been affected throughout history by climate-induced water stresses, with the 2009 drought as a recent example. To deal with such stresses, mountain farmers have developed many local coping strategies. This paper provides case studies of these coping mechanism...
Su Y
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Xu, Jianchu
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Wilkes, Andreas
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Lu J
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Li Q
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Fu Y
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Ma X
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Grumbine, R. Edward
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[Coping with climate-induced water stresses through time and space in the mountains of Southwest China]
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Coping with climate-induced water stresses through time and space in the mountains of Southwest China
Balancing the need to increase crop yields with the need to reduce the environmental impacts of fertilizers will pose major policy, regulatory, and extension challenges for China. A growing number of studies have demonstrated the potential for improving fertilizer use efficiency in China, but it ...
Yunju L
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Kahrl F
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Jianjun P
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Roland-Holst, D.
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Yufang S
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Wilkes, Andreas
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Jianchu X
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[Fertilizer use patterns in Yunnan Province, China: implications for agricultural and environmental policy]
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Fertilizer use patterns in Yunnan Province, China: implications for agricultural and environmental policy
Degradation of steppes induced by overgrazing may affect the uptake of atmospheric methane (CH4) by soil sinks. However, uncertainty is associated with the very limited knowledge of gas fluxes in rapidly degrading steppe. In this study, we investigated the effects of grazing on CH4 uptake during ...
Tang S
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Wang C
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Wilkes, Andreas
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Zhou P
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Jiang Y
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Han G
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Zhao M
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Huang D
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Schönbach P
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[Contribution of grazing to soil atmosphere CH4 exchange during the growing season in a continental steppe]
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Contribution of grazing to soil atmosphere CH4 exchange during the growing season in a continental steppe
Both the European Union (EU) and China are culturally, economically, climatologically and environmentally diverse polities. The EU is a multi-state grouping of economically developed democratic countries, while China is a unitary sovereign state and a developing economy with a strong government b...
Gemmer M
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Wilkes, Andreas
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Vaucel LM
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[Governing Climate Change Adaptation in the EU and China: An Analysis of Formal Institutions]
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Governing Climate Change Adaptation in the EU and China: An Analysis of Formal Institutions