Soil organic carbon dynamics: Variability with depth in forested and deforested soils under pasture in Costa Rica

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 343-375

  Van Dam, Douwe ^a   Veldkamp, Edzo ^b   Van Breemen, Nico ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

13C; 14C; Land use change; Model; Soil organic carbon; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; DEFORESTATION; DEPTH; FOREST SOIL; PASTURE; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0030828584     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005880031579     Document Type: Article

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