Accumulation of soil organic carbon in aggregates after afforestation on abandoned farmland

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 637-646

  Wei, Xiaorong ^a   Li, Xuezhang ^b   Jia, Xiaoxu ^a   Shao, Mingan ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Aggregates; Farmland; Organic carbon; Soil depth; Tree species

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AFFORESTATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST SOIL; MACROAGGREGATE; MICROAGGREGATE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL STRUCTURE;

CHINA;

BETULA PENDULA;

EID: 84880377210     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-012-0754-6     Document Type: Article

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