Soil-organic-matter stability in sandy cropland soils is related to land-use history

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-29

  Sleutel, Steven ^a   Kader, Mohammed Abdul ^a   Begum, Shamim Ara ^a   de Neve, Stefaan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

C mineralization accepted; Chemical fractionation; HF; NaOCL; Sandy soils; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 76349122699     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: 15222624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.200900062     Document Type: Article

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