Temporal and spatial trends in soil organic carbon stocks following maize cultivation in semi-arid Tanzania, East Africa

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 291-302

  Birch Thomsen, Torben ^a   Elberling, Bo ^a   Fog, Bjarne ^a   Magid, Jakob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Land use changes; Soil organic carbon; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; MAIZE; ORGANIC CARBON; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL FERTILITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34948830899     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-007-9116-4     Document Type: Article

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