Land degradation impact on soil organic carbon and nitrogen stocks of sub-tropical humid grasslands in South Africa

Geoderma

Volumn 235-236, Issue , 2014, Pages 372-381

  Dlamini, Phesheya ^a   Chivenge, Pauline ^a   Manson, Alan ^b   Chaplot, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b KwaZulu Natal Department of Agriculture   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Climate change; Ecosystems; Pasture; Rangeland

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; NITROGEN; SILT;

CARBON CYCLES; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; PASTURE; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; RANGELAND; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON AND NITROGEN;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ACID SOIL; GRASSLAND; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LAND DEGRADATION; NUTRIENT LOSS; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84907379871     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2014.07.016     Document Type: Article

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