Aggregate C depletion by plowing and its restoration by diverse biomass-C inputs under no-till in sub-tropical and tropical regions of Brazil

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 126, Issue , 2013, Pages 203-218

  Tivet, Florent ^a,c   de Moraes Sá, João Carlos ^b   Lal, Rattan ^c   Briedis, Clever ^b   Borszowskei, Paulo Rogério ^b   dos Santos, Josiane Bürkner ^b   Farias, Anderson ^b   Eurich, Guilherme ^b   Hartman, Daiani da Cruz ^b   Nadolny Junior, Mario ^b   Bouzinac, Serge ^a   Séguy, Lucien ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF PONTA GROSSA   (Brazil)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate hierarchy; Aggregate C pathway; Biomass C input; Labile fractions; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; LAND USE; ORGANIC CARBON; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESTORATION; SOILS; STABILIZATION; TROPICS;

AGGREGATE HIERARCHIES; AGGREGATE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; AGGREGATE-SIZE FRACTIONS; ANALYSIS OF PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; LABILE FRACTIONS; LONG-TERM C SEQUESTRATIONS; SOC CONCENTRATIONS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 84867803249     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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