Modeling soil organic carbon stocks and changes in a Nepalese watershed

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 91-97

  Shrestha, B M ^a   Williams, S ^b   Easter, M ^b   Paustian, K ^b   Singh, B R ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Century C model; Climate change; Land use change; Mountain watershed; Nepal; SOC pool

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTIVATION; EROSION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; MANURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WATERSHED;

ASIA; BAGMATI; EURASIA; NEPAL; POKHARE KHOLA; SOUTH ASIA;

SHOREA;

EID: 67349236441     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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