Assessing the impact of land-use change on soil C sequestration in agricultural soils by means of organic matter fractionation and stable C isotopes

Global Change Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1204-1213

  Del Galdo, Ilaria ^a   Six, Johan ^a,b   Peressotti, Alessandro ^c   Cotrufo, M Francesca ^d  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

13C natural abundance; Aggregates; C sequestration; Land use changes; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FRACTIONATION; KYOTO PROTOCOL; LAND USE CHANGE; SOIL CARBON;

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EID: 0041417402     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2003.00657.x     Document Type: Article

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