Concentration and stock of carbon in the soils affected by land uses and climates in the western Himalaya, India

Catena

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-89

  Singh, S K ^a   Pandey, C B ^b   Sidhu, G S ^c   Sarkar, Dipak ^d   Sagar, R ^e  

^a ICAR NATIONAL BUREAU OF SOIL SURVEY AND LAND USE PLANNING   (India)

^b CENTRAL SOIL SALINITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c Regional Centre   (India)

^d NBSS and LUP   (India)

^e BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Climates; Land uses; SOC stock; Soil moisture; Soil temperature

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LAND USE CHANGE; ORGANIC CARBON; PH; RAINFALL; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

EID: 79960023606     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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