Soil carbon source and accumulation over 12,000years in a semi-natural Miscanthus sinensis grassland in southern Japan

Catena

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 127-135

  Howlett, D S ^a   Toma, Y ^a,b   Wang, H ^c   Sugiyama, S ^d   Yamada, T ^e   Nishiwaki, A ^f   Fernandez, F ^a   Stewart, J R ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Paleoenvironment Research Co Ltd   (Japan)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^g BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Andisols; Biofuels; C4 grasses; Japan; Miscanthus sinensis; Soil carbon sequestration

Indexed keywords

ANDISOL; BIOFUEL; C4 PLANT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GRASS; GRASSLAND; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PYROLYSIS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

EUROPE; JAPAN; UNITED STATES;

MISCANTHUS; MISCANTHUS SINENSIS; PLEIOBLASTUS; POACEAE; SASA;

EID: 84873205414     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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