Why does rainfall affect the trend in soil carbon after converting pastures to forests?. A possible explanation based on nitrogen dynamics

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2990-3000

  Kirschbaum, Miko U F ^a,b,c   Guo, Lan Bin ^c,d   Gifford, Roger M ^c,d  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Research School of Biological Sciences   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Carbon; CenW; Forest; Grassland; Greenhouse; Land use change; Mitigation; Nitrogen; Rainfall; Reforestation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LAND USE; RAIN;

LAND-USE CHANGE; MITIGATION; NITROGEN DYNAMICS;

REFORESTATION;

AFFORESTATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CARBON CYCLE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; LIGNIN; MITIGATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PASTURE; RAINFALL; REFORESTATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN;

FORESTATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LAND USE; REFORESTATION;

EID: 41949122438     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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