Influence of cultivation and fertilization on total organic carbon and carbon fractions in soils from the Loess Plateau of China

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-68

  Wu, Tianyun ^a,d   Schoenau, Jeff J ^b   Li, Fengmin ^a   Qian, Peiyuan ^b   Malhi, Sukhdev S ^c   Shi, Yuanchun ^a   Xu, Fuli ^e  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^d Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

^e NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cultivation; Fertilization; Light fraction of organic carbon; Loess Plateau of China; Microbial biomass carbon; Soil erosion; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; CULTIVATION; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; EROSION; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; WATER;

FERTILIZATION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL QUALITY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON (TOC);

SOILS;

CULTIVATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL EROSION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 16544367265     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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