Long-term effects of agriculture on soil carbon pools and carbon chemistry along a Hawaiian environmental gradient

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 112, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 229-243

  Cusack, Daniela F ^a,d   Chadwick, Oliver A ^a   Ladefoged, Thegn ^b   Vitousek, Peter M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Land use; Nutrients; Radiocarbon; SOM; SRO minerals; Tropical

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BLACK CARBON; CARBONYL COMPOUND; CHARCOAL; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP PLANT; CULTIVATION; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MINERALOGY; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874732150     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-012-9718-z     Document Type: Article

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