Organic carbon stocks in Mediterranean soil types under different land uses (Southern Spain)

Solid Earth

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 375-386

  Munoz Rojas, M ^a,b   Jordan, A ^b   Zavala, L M ^b   De La Rosa, D ^a   Abd Elmabod, S K ^a,c   Anaya Romero, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b Facultad de Química   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C SEQUESTRATION; DIFFERENT SOILS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; LAND COVER MAPS; LAND USE AND MANAGEMENTS; LONG-TERM STRATEGY; MEDITERRANEAN SOILS; PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; LAND USE;

SOILS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLUVISOL; LAND USE CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN SOIL; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CARBON; SOIL TYPE;

ANDALUCIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84876259670     PISSN: 18699510     EISSN: 18699529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/se-3-375-2012     Document Type: Article

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