Forest- and pasture-derived carbon contributions to carbon stocks and microbial respiration of tropical pasture soils

Oecologia

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 113-119

  Neill, Christopher ^a   Fry, Brian ^a,c   Melillo, Jerry M ^a   Steudler, Paul A ^a   Moraes, Jener F L ^b   Cerri, Carlos C ^b  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon Basin; Carbon cycling; Deforestation; Pasture management; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLING; DEFORESTATION; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; OLD FIELD; ORGANIC MATTER; PASTURE SOIL;

BRAZIL, RONDONIA;

EID: 0029661202     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00582241     Document Type: Article

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