Land use effects on erosion and carbon storage of the Río Chimbo watershed, Ecuador

Plant and Soil

Volumn 367, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 477-491

  Henry, A ^a   Mabit, L ^b   Jaramillo, R E ^a   Cartagena, Y ^c   Lynch, J P ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Instituto Nacional Autónomo de Investigaciones Agropecuarias de Ecuador   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Andisol; Erosion; Land use; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANDISOL; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CULTIVATION; DEFORESTATION; LAND USE CHANGE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EROSION; WATERSHED;

ECUADOR;

EID: 84878596439     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1478-y     Document Type: Article

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