Soil aggregation, carbon build up and root zone soil moisture in degraded sloping lands under selected agroforestry based rehabilitation systems in eastern India

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 150, Issue , 2012, Pages 54-62

  Lenka, N K ^a   Choudhury, P R ^a   Sudhishri, S ^a,b   Dass, A ^a,b   Patnaik, U S ^a  

^a ICAR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (India)

^b INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Agroforestry systems; In situ soil moisture conservation; Mean weight diameter; Size distribution of aggregate fractions; Soil carbon build up; Soil carbon stock; Water stable aggregates

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; FRUIT; GRASS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LAND DEGRADATION; MACROAGGREGATE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RHIZOSPHERE; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SILVICULTURE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

INDIA;

ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE; INDIGOFERA; PSIDIUM; STYLOSANTHES; STYLOSANTHES HAMATA;

EID: 84856789973     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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