Research on carbon balance in Japan

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The article presents an overview of scientific publications on the subject of the study «carbon balance in terrestrial ecosystems», made for the territory of Japan and indexed in the Scopus database for the period 2017-2021. Within this theme, the areas with the highest number of articles are highlighted: carbon fluxes in soils, carbon stocks in above ground phytomass (mainly studies of the ecosystems of Hokkaido), features of carbon dioxide sequestration by various plant species typical for Japan, as well as the carbon balance dynamics associated with deforestation, reforestation and natural phenomena such as typhoons. The most active in publishing activity scientific and academic institutions were identified (Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute; National Agriculture and Food Research Organization; Hokkaido University).

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Alexandra I. Bancheva

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Author for correspondence.
Email: ban-sai@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5845-2833
SPIN-code: 1495-9863

Ph.D. in Geography, Researcher, Department of Physical Geography of the World, Faculty of Geography

1 Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation

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