Soil Organic Carbon Fractions under Different Land Uses in Mardi Watershed of Nepal

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 35, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 615-629

  Yang, Z H ^a,b   Singh, B R ^a   Sitaula, B K ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Land use; Nepal; Organic carbon fractions; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ACID; ALKALI; CARBON; FULVIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BLACK CARBON; FOREST SOIL; GRASSLAND; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; LAND USE; ORGANIC CARBON;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; EXTRACTION; FOREST; GRASSLAND; HUMIFICATION; LAND USE; NEPAL; SOIL; WATERSHED;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 1942486368     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CSS-120030347     Document Type: Article

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