Does conversion of forest to agricultural land change soil carbon and nitrogen? A review of the literature

Global Change Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 105-123

  Murty, Danuse ^a   Kirschbaum, Miko U F ^b,c   Mcmurtrie, Ross E ^a   Mcgilvray, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Research School of Biological Sciences   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bulk density; C:N ratio; Cropping; Grazing; Land use change; Pasture; Soil carbon; Soil nitrogen

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BULK DENSITY; LAND USE CHANGE; NITROGEN; SOIL CARBON;

EID: 0036178467     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1354-1013.2001.00459.x     Document Type: Article

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