Carbon contents and aggregation related to soil physical and biological properties under a land-use sequence in the semiarid region of central Argentina

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-190

  Noellemeyer, Elke ^a   Frank, Federico ^a   Alvarez, Cristian ^a   Morazzo, German ^a   Quiroga, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Dry aggregate size changes; Land use change; OC turnover; Physical properties; Respiration rates; Semiarid Argentina

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; CULTIVATION; ORGANIC CARBON; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MECHANICS;

DRY AGGREGATE SIZE CHANGES; LAND-USE CHANGE; OC TURNOVER; RESPIRATION RATES; SEMIARID ARGENTINA;

LAND USE;

AGGREGATE SIZE; AGGREGATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BULK DENSITY; CULTIVATION; INFILTRATION; LAND USE CHANGE; ORGANIC CARBON; RESPIRATION; SANDY LOAM; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL STRUCTURE; TILLAGE;

ARGENTINA; LA PAMPA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ERAGROSTIS CURVULA;

EID: 43749124866     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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