Climate and vegetation determine soil organic matter status in an alpine inner-tropical soil catena in the Fan Si Pan Mountain, Vietnam

Catena

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 226-239

  Podwojewski, P ^a,c   Poulenard, J ^b   Nguyet, Minh Luu ^c   de Rouw, A ^d   Nguyen, van Thiet ^c   Pham, Quang Ha ^e   Tran, Duc Toan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^c IRD   (Viet Nam)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e SFI Soils and Fertilizers Institute   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Mountain soil; Podzol; Soil genesis; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

ACRISOL; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ALTITUDE; BAMBOO; CATENA; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; GRANITE; LITTER; MINERALIZATION; MOUNTAIN REGION; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PARENT MATERIAL; PEDOGENESIS; PODZOL; SHRUB; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL SURFACE; STEPPE; TOPSOIL; TURNOVER; VEGETATION TYPE;

FAN SI PAN; VIET NAM;

EID: 79960961569     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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