Soil organic carbon stocks in relation to elevation gradients in volcanic ash soils of Taiwan

Geoderma

Volumn 209-210, Issue , 2013, Pages 119-127

  Tsui, Chun Chih ^a   Tsai, Chen Chi ^b   Chen, Zueng Sang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Andisol; Climate; Elevation; Soil Organic Carbon (SOC); Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ANDISOLS; CLIMATE; ELEVATION; ELEVATION GRADIENT; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON STOCKS; STANDARD DEVIATION; VOLCANIC ASH SOIL;

VEGETATION; VOLCANOES;

SOILS;

ANDISOL; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPLEX TERRAIN; SAMPLING; SECONDARY FOREST; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC SOIL;

TAIWAN; YANGMINGSHAN NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 84880020556     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.06.013     Document Type: Article

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