Management of tropical soils as sinks or sources of atmospheric carbon

Plant and Soil

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 27-41

  Lugo, Ariel E ^a,b   Brown, Sandra ^a,b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon sinks; changes in soils; soil fertility; soil management; soil organic carbon; soil organic matter; succession; tropical soil

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOURCE/SINK; TROPICAL SOIL;

EID: 0027842922     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00010760     Document Type: Article

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