A comparison of repeated soil inventory and carbon flux budget to detect soil carbon stock changes after conversion from cropland to grasslands

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3366-3375

  Leifeld, Jens ^a   Ammann, Christof ^a   Neftel, Albrecht ^a   Fuhrer, Jürg ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Land use change; Management; NBP; SOC; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOME; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SINK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETECTION METHOD; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

EID: 80053500788     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02471.x     Document Type: Article

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