Carbon accumulation in agricultural soils after afforestation: A meta-analysis

Global Change Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 439-453

  Laganière, Jérôme ^a,b   Angers, Denis A ^c   Paré, David ^a,b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Land use change; Methodological approach; Mixed linear model; Soil organic carbon; Soil properties; Tree plantation

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLAY SOIL; DEFORESTATION; FOREST SOIL; LAND USE CHANGE; MODELING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; TREE;

EID: 74049129963     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01930.x     Document Type: Article

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