Effects of Land Management on Different Forms of Soil Carbon in Olive Groves in Mediterranean Areas

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1186-1195

  Fernández Romero, María Luisa ^a   Lozano García, Beatriz ^a   Parras Alcántara, Luis ^a   Collins, Chris D ^b   Clark, Joanna M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hot water extractable carbon; Land management; Olive grove; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; CARBON; LAND USE; OIL SHALE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOILS; SYSTEM-ON-CHIP;

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; LAND MANAGEMENTS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; OLIVE GROVE; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SURFACE HORIZONS;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; LAND MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CARBON;

ANDALUCIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84911426329     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2327     Document Type: Article

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