Paired-site approach for studying soil organic carbon dynamics in a Mediterranean semiarid environment

Catena

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-7

  Novara, Agata ^a   La Mantia, Tommaso ^a   Barbera, Vito ^a   Gristina, Luciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide emission; Land use change; Mediterranean environment; Particle size fraction; SOC

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; LABORATORY METHOD; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; ORCHARD; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; VEGETATION TYPE;

ITALY; SICILY;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 80054930746     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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