Soil organic carbon and total nitrogen in intensively managed arable soils

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 150, Issue , 2012, Pages 102-110

  Yan, Yun ^a,b   Tian, Jing ^a   Fan, Mingsheng ^a   Zhang, Fusuo ^a   Li, Xiaolin ^a   Christie, Peter ^a,c   Chen, Haiqing ^a   Lee, Juhwan ^b   Kuzyakov, Yakov ^d   Six, Johan ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Land use changes; Particulate organic matter; Soil aggregates; Soil C:N ratio; Vegetable production

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND USE CHANGE; MAIZE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; STABILIZATION; WHEAT;

CHINA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84862802715     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2012.01.024     Document Type: Article

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