Mechanisms of protection of soil organic matter under pasture following clearing of rainforest on an Oxisol

Geoderma

Volumn 143, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 231-242

  Skjemstad, J O ^a,b   Krull, E S ^a,b   Swift, R S ^c   Szarvas, S ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CRC for Greenhouse Accounting ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

13C NMR; C3 C4 vegetation change; High energy uv photo oxidation; Microaggregation; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOTOOXIDATION; RAIN; SOILS; VEGETATION;

HIGH ENERGY UV PHOTO-OXIDATION; ORGANIC MATTER PROTECTION; OXIDIC SOILS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SURFACE HORIZONS; VEGETATION CHANGE;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; FOREST CLEARANCE; LAND USE CHANGE; LIGNIN; ORGANIC CARBON; OXISOL; PASTURE; PHOTOOXIDATION; RAINFOREST; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TANNIN; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 37549018940     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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