Labile soil carbon pools in subtropical forest and agricultural ecosystems as influenced by management practices and vegetation types

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-78

  Hu, S ^a   Coleman, D C ^b   Carroll, C R ^b   Hendrix, P F ^b   Beare, M H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Conventional till agroecosystem; Labile carbon pools; No till agroecosystem; Soil microbial biomass C; Soil organic C

Indexed keywords

AGROECOSYSTEM; CARBON SINK; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SUBTROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION TYPE;

(SOUTHEAST); USA;

EID: 0030666345     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(97)00049-2     Document Type: Article

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