Soil management changes organic carbon pools in alpine pastureland soils

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 186-196

  Xiao gang, Li ^a,b   Li, Feng min ^a   Bhupinderpal Singh, ^c   Zed, Rengel ^c   Zheng yan, Zhan ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpine grassland; Annual oats; Cultivation; Introduced perennial grasses; Microbial activity; Microbial biomass; Native pasture; Particle size fractions of organic C

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DISSOLUTION; MICROORGANISMS;

ALPINE GRASSLAND; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NATIVE PASTURE;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; CARBON BALANCE; CEREAL; CROP PRODUCTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAND USE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NATIVE SPECIES; PARTICLE SIZE; PASTURE; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

AVENA; POACEAE;

EID: 33846145352     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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