The dynamics of soil OC and N after conversion of forest to cropland

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 194, Issue , 2014, Pages 188-196

  Wei, Xiaorong ^a   Huang, Linqi ^a   Xiang, Yefeng ^a,b   Shao, Mingan ^a   Zhang, Xingchang ^a   Gale, William ^c  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Conversion of forest to cropland; Crop derived OC and N; Dynamics of soil OC and N; Forest derived OC and N; OC and N associated with density fractions

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DENSITY; FOREST COVER; FOREST SOIL; LAND USE CHANGE; ORGANIC CARBON; RESIDENCE TIME; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

EID: 84900006826     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.04.008     Document Type: Article

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