The changes in soil organic matter in a forest-cultivation sequence traced by stable carbon isotopes

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1317-1327

  Liu, Q M ^a,b   Wang, S J ^a   Piao, H C ^a   Ouyang, Z Y ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

13C values; Dynamics; Soil organic matter (SOM)

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CULTIVATION; DEFORESTATION; ISOTOPES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOILS;

SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

FORESTRY;

CARBON ISOTOPE; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST SOIL; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 0348046520     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR03004     Document Type: Article

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