Simulation of soil organic carbon response at forest cultivation sequences using 13C measurements

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-54

  Gottschalk, Pia ^a   Bellarby, Jessica ^a   Chenu, Claire ^b   Foereid, Bente ^a   Smith, Pete ^a   Wattenbach, Martin ^a   Zingore, Shamie ^c   Smith, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^c CHITEDZE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FRACTION; CONTINUOUS CULTIVATION; FIRST YEAR; INPUT DATAS; MULTIPLICATION RATE; NATURAL ABUNDANCE; PERMANENT DECLINE; PHYSICAL PROTECTION; PLANT INPUTS; ROTHAMSTED CARBON MODEL; SIMPLE APPROACH; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CARBON POOL; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

DEFORESTATION; LAND USE; ORGANIC CARBON; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; RATE CONSTANTS; SIMULATORS; SOILS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CULTIVATION; DECOMPOSITION; DEFORESTATION; FOREST SOIL; FRACTIONATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

DEFORESTATION; GEOLOGY; LAND USE; MODELS; SOIL;

EID: 71949089357     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2009.04.017     Document Type: Article

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