Soil organic carbon stock and distribution in cultivated land converted to grassland in a subtropical region of China

Environmental Management

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 274-283

  Zhang, J H ^a,b   Li, F C ^a,b   Wang, Y ^a,b   Xiong, D H ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Cultivated soil; Land conversion; Landscape position; Sloping field; Soil erosion; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATED SOILS; LAND CONVERSION; LANDSCAPE POSITIONS; SLOPING FIELDS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON DIOXIDE; EROSION; LAND USE;

SOILS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CULTIVATION; GRASSLAND; IMMOBILIZATION; LAND USE CHANGE; ORGANIC SOIL; SLOPE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EROSION; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL SURFACE; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHINA; CULTIVATED LAND; GRASSLAND; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; SOIL EROSION; SURFACE SOIL;

CHINA; SICHUAN;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; NITROGEN; POACEAE; SOIL; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84893494861     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-013-0181-y     Document Type: Article

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