Soil carbon stock change following afforestation in Northern Europe: A meta-analysis

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2393-2405

  Barcena T G ^a   Kiaer L P ^a   Vesterdal, L ^a   Stefansdottir H M ^b   Gundersen, P ^a   Sigurdsson, B D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Forest floor; Land use change; Meta analysis; Meta regression; Northern Europe; Soil organic carbon; Stand age

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; META-ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CARBON;

NORTHERN EUROPE;

CARBON; SOIL;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHEMISTRY; CROP; EUROPE; META ANALYSIS; POACEAE; SOIL; TREE;

CARBON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; EUROPE; POACEAE; SOIL; TREES;

EID: 84903737969     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12576     Document Type: Review

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