Water content and land use history controlling soil CO2 respiration and carbon stock in savanna soil and groundnut fields in semi-arid Senegal

Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 47-56

  Elberling, Bo ^a   Fensholt, Rasmus ^a   Larsen, L ^a   Petersen, A I S ^a   Sandholt, Inge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

CO2 effluxes; Groundnut cultivation; Land use; Senegal; Soil respiration; West Africa

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; DECOMPOSITION; LAND USE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL RESPIRATION;

AFRICA; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 1142293023     PISSN: 00167223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2003.10649491     Document Type: Article

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