Spatial and temporal changes of soil C after establishment of a pasture on a long-term cultivated vertisol (Martinique)

Geoderma

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-58

  Chevallier, T ^a   Voltz, M ^b   Blanchart, E ^a   Chotte, J L ^c   Eschenbrenner, V ^d   Mahieu, M ^e   Albrecht, A ^f  

^a IRD BOST   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e SECI   (Martinique)

^f WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

C N; Digitaria decumbens; Geostatistics; Organic carbon; Organic matter restoration; Pasture; Vertisol

Indexed keywords

PASTURE; SOIL CARBON; VERTISOL;

MARTINIQUE;

EID: 0033961851     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(99)00064-6     Document Type: Article

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