Long-term soil carbon loss and accumulation in a catchment following the conversion of forest to arable land in northern Laos

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 169, Issue , 2013, Pages 43-57

  Huon, Sylvain ^a   de Rouw, Anneke ^b   Bonté, Philippe ^c   Robain, Henri ^b   Valentin, Christian ^b   Lefèvre, Irène ^c   Girardin, Cyril ^a   Le Troquer, Yann ^b   Podwojewski, Pascal ^b   Sengtaheuanghoung, Oloth ^d  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute NAFRI   (Laos)

Author keywords

137Cs; 210Pbxs; C3 C4 plants; Cultivation history; D13C; Electrical resistivity tomography; Slash and burn; Swamp deposits

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; DEFORESTATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FORESTED CATCHMENT; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT LOSS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; RICE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WETLAND;

LAOS;

EID: 84875640672     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.02.007     Document Type: Article

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