Dynamics of soil nitrogen and carbon accumulation for 61 years after agricultural abandonment

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 88-98

  Knops, Johannes M H ^a,b   Tilman, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abandoned fields; Carbon cycling; Carbon: nitrogen ratio; Nitrogen cycling; Old fields; Soil organic matter; Succession

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CARBON; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SOIL NUTRIENT;

EID: 0033951818     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[0088:DOSNAC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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