Factors contributing to greater soil organic carbon accumulation after afforestation in a Japanese coniferous plantation as determined by stable and radioactive isotopes

Geoderma

Volumn 157, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 243-251

  Arai, Hirotsugu ^a,b   Tokuchi, Naoko ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Radioactive isotopes; Soil organic carbon; Stable C isotope

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DYNAMICS; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; REFORESTATION; SOILS;

ACCUMULATION RATES; AFFORESTATION; CONIFEROUS PLANTATIONS; NATURAL FORESTS; SOIL DISTURBANCES; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; STABLE AND RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES;

SOIL POLLUTION;

AFFORESTATION; BIOACCUMULATION; C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRASSLAND; LITTER; ORGANIC CARBON; PLANTATION; RADIONUCLIDE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE; STAND STRUCTURE; VEGETATION TYPE;

JAPAN;

EID: 78650220235     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.04.025     Document Type: Article

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