High organic carbon stock in a karstic soil of the Middle-European Forest Province persists after centuries-long agroforestry management

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1669-1680

  Ahmed, Yousif Abdel Rahman ^a   Pichler, Viliam ^b   Homolák, Marián ^b   Gömöryová, Erika ^b   Nagy, Dezso ^c   Pichlerová, Magdaléna ^b   Gregor, Juraj ^b  

^a Forest National Corporation   (Sudan)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN ZVOLEN   (Slovakia)

^c Ecological Institute for Sustainable Development   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Calcareous soils; Electrical resistivity tomography; Land use; Soil organic carbon; Soil stoniness

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; CALCAREOUS SOIL; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HUMUS; KARST; LAND USE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TOMOGRAPHY;

CARPATHIANS; SLOVAKIA; WESTERN CARPATHIANS;

CARPINUS; CARPINUS BETULUS; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; QUERCUS PETRAEA;

EID: 84868368555     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-012-0608-7     Document Type: Article

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