Soil organic carbon content and composition of 130-year crop, pasture and forest land-use managements

Global Change Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-78

  Martens, Dean A ^a   Reedy, Thomas E ^b   Lewis, David T ^c  

^a SOUTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Carbohydrates; Land use change; Lignin; Lipids; Organic C; Phenolic acids

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; LAND USE CHANGE; ORGANIC CARBON; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; SOIL CARBON;

EID: 0842269803     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2003.00722.x     Document Type: Article

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