Soil erosion impact on soil organic carbon spatial variability on steep tropical slopes

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 769-779

  Chaplot, Vincent ^a,b   Podwojewski, Pascal ^b   Phachomphon, Konngkeo ^c   Valentin, Christian ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute   (Laos)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CO; CLAY CONTENT; CURRENT RISE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; HILLSLOPE; HILLSLOPES; LAND MANAGEMENTS; OPTIMAL STRATEGIES; SLOPE GRADIENTS; SLOPING LAND; SOIL CLAY CONTENT; SOIL EROSION; SOIL FUNCTION; SOIL ORGANIC C; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL PITS; SOIL SAMPLE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STANDARD ERRORS; STEEP SLOPE; WATER EROSION;

CLAY MINERALS; EROSION; FIRE HAZARDS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; ORGANIC CARBON; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

SOILS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLAY SOIL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INFILTRATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER EROSION;

ASIA; EURASIA; LAOS; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 65949090305     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2008.0031     Document Type: Article

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