Exploring effective sampling design for monitoring soil organic carbon in degraded Tibetan grasslands.

The effects of climate change and human activities on grassland degradation and soil carbon stocks have become a focus of both research and policy. However, lack of research on appropriate sampling design prevents accurate assessment of soil carbon stocks and stock changes at community and regional...

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Published in:	Journal of Environmental Management Vol. 173; pp. 121 - 127
Main Authors:	Chang, Xiaofeng, Bao, Xiaoying, Wang, Shiping, Zhu, Xiaoxue, Luo, Caiyun, Zhang, Zhenhua, Wilkes, Andreas
Format:	Article
Published:	Academic Press Inc. May2016
Subjects:	Tibet (China) Climate change Grasslands Sampling (Process) Soil degradation Sample size (Statistics)
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