Soil quality and organic carbon ratios in mountain agroecosystems of South-east Spain

Geoderma

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 120-128

  Miralles, Isabel ^a   Ortega, Raúl ^b   Almendros, Gonzalo ^c   Sánchez Marañón, Manuel ^d   Soriano, Miguel ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability C; Cleared soils; Forest soils; Physico chemical indicators; Porosity C; Topographic attributes

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRE HAZARDS; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); LAND USE; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE CONTROL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOILS; VEGETATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CLEARED SOILS; FOREST SOILS; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL INDICATORS; POROSITY/C; TOPOGRAPHIC ATTRIBUTES;

ORGANIC CARBON;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST SOIL; ION EXCHANGE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; POROSITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REFORESTATION; RETENTION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL QUALITY; TILLAGE;

ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SIERRA MARIA-LOS VELEZ NATURAL PARK; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

JUNIPERUS; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 62049084239     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.01.011     Document Type: Article

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