Impacts of land use change in soil carbon and nitrogen in a Mediterranean agricultural area (Southern Spain)

Solid Earth

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 167-177

  Parras Alcantara L ^a   Martin Carrillo M ^a   Lozano Garcia B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; DENOMINATION OF ORIGINS; LAND-USE CHANGE; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOUTHERN SPAIN; STRATIFICATION RATIOS;

AGRICULTURE; LAND USE;

SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BULK DENSITY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; LAND USE CHANGE; LUVISOL; PH; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEXTURE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN;

EID: 84884567657     PISSN: 18699510     EISSN: 18699529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/se-4-167-2013     Document Type: Article

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