Land use change and soil organic carbon dynamics in Mediterranean agro-ecosystems: The case study of Pianosa Island

Geoderma

Volumn 175-176, Issue , 2012, Pages 29-36

  Vaccari, F P ^a   Lugato, E ^a   Gioli, B ^a   D'Acqui, L ^b   Genesio, L ^a   Toscano, P ^a   Matese, A ^a   Miglietta, F ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMETEOROLOGY   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c FoxLab (Forest and Wood) Fondazione E Mach Iasma   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abandoned agriculture; Carbon fluxes; Century model; Eddy covariance; Land use change; Mediterranean agro ecosystems

Indexed keywords

AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS; CARBON FLUXES; CENTURY MODEL; EDDY COVARIANCE; LAND USE CHANGE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTIVATION; DYNAMICS; LAND USE; SOILS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ARCHIPELAGO; CARBON FLUX; CULTIVATION; DATA SET; EDDY COVARIANCE; LAND USE CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC SOIL; SAMPLING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL DEGRADATION; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ITALY; LIVORNO [TUSCANY]; PIANOSA; TUSCAN ARCHIPELAGO; TUSCANY;

EID: 84857291294     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.01.021     Document Type: Article

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