Changes in soil carbon of pastures after afforestation with mixed species: Sampling, heterogeneity and surrogates

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 158, Issue , 2012, Pages 58-65

  Cunningham, S C ^a   Metzeling, K J ^a   Nally, R Mac ^a   Thomson, J R ^a   Cavagnaro, T R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Afforestation; C:N ratio; Mixed species plantings; Sampling size; Soil surrogates; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HETEROGENEITY; PASTURE; SAMPLING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 84862335771     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2012.05.019     Document Type: Article

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