Soil organic carbon stocks in southeast Germany (Bavaria) as affected by land use, soil type and sampling depth

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2233-2245

  Wiesmeier, Martin ^a   Spörlein, Peter ^b   Geuß, Uwe ^b   Hangen, Edzard ^b   Haug, Stephan ^a   Reischl, Arthur ^b   Schilling, Bernd ^b   von Lützow, Margit ^a   Kögel Knabner, Ingrid ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Bavarian Environment Agency   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Land use change; Pedotransfer function; Soil organic matter; Topsoil deepening

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GLEYSOL; GRASSLAND SOIL; LAND USE CHANGE; ORGANIC CARBON; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; TOPSOIL;

BAVARIA; GERMANY;

EID: 84861861122     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02699.x     Document Type: Article

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