Land-cover effects on soil organic carbon stocks in a European city

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 472, Issue , 2014, Pages 444-453

  Edmondson, Jill L ^a   Davies, Zoe G ^a,b   McCormack, Sarah A ^a,c   Gaston, Kevin J ^a,d   Leake, Jonathan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Gardens; Non domestic greenspace; Urban greenspace; Urban soils

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; REFORESTATION;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; GARDENS; NON-DOMESTIC GREENSPACE; URBAN GREENSPACE; URBAN SOILS;

SOILS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GARDEN; GREENSPACE; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TOPSOIL; URBAN AREA;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARABLE LAND; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAND USE; PASTURELAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHRUB; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL DEPTH; TREE; UNITED KINGDOM; URBANIZATION;

CULTIVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; REFORESTATION; SOIL;

ENGLAND; LEICESTER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; GARDENS; NON-DOMESTIC GREENSPACE; URBAN GREENSPACE; URBAN SOILS;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTRY; SOIL; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84888874523     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.025     Document Type: Article

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