Modeling changes in soil organic matter in Amazon forest to pasture conversion with the Century model

Global Change Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 815-832

  Cerri, Carlos Eduardo P ^a   Paustian, Keith ^b   Bernoux, Martial ^a,c   Victoria, Reynaldo L ^a   Melillo, Jerry M ^d   Cerri, Carlos C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Century model; Forest to pasture conversion; Modeling; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; DEFORESTATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; MODELING; PASTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TROPICAL FOREST;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 2642560503     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2004.00759.x     Document Type: Article

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