Impact of pasture, agriculture and crop-livestock systems on soil C stocks in Brazil

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 175-186

  Carvalho, João Luís Nunes ^a   Raucci, Guilherme Siva ^a   Cerri, Carlos Eduardo P ^a   Bernoux, Martial ^b   Feigl, Brigitte Josefine ^a   Wruck, Flávio Jesus ^c   Cerri, Carlos Clemente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c EMBRAPA ARROZ E FEIJÃO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Cerrado; Crop livestock systems; Land use change; Soil carbon stock

Indexed keywords

AMAZONIA; CERRADO; LAND USE CHANGE; LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS; SOIL CARBON STOCK;

ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CROPS; LAND USE; VEGETATION;

SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIOME; CARBON SINK; CERRADO; CROP PRODUCTION; FORAGE; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; MIXED FARMING; PASTURE; SOIL CARBON; SORGHUM; SOYBEAN; SUSTAINABILITY; ZERO TILLAGE;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77956186995     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2010.07.011     Document Type: Article

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