The accumulation of organic carbon in mineral soils by afforestation of abandoned farmland

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Wei, Xiaorong ^a   Qiu, Liping ^a   Shao, Mingan ^a   Zhang, Xingchang ^a   Gale, William J ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON; CARBON; MINERAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AFFORESTATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FOREST; LAND USE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; SOIL ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; SOIL; TREE;

CARBON; CHINA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; HUMANS; MINERALS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOIL; TREES;

EID: 84863240720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032054     Document Type: Article

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