Effects of forest expansion on mountain grassland: changes within soil organic carbon fractions

Plant and Soil

Volumn 385, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 373-387

  Guidi, Claudia ^a,b   Magid, Jakob ^b   Rodeghiero, Mirco ^a   Gianelle, Damiano ^a,c   Vesterdal, Lars ^b  

^a RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Foxlab Joint CNR FEM Initiative   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; Forest succession; Land use change; Particulate organic matter; Size density fractionation; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AGGREGATE STABILITY; FOREST COVER; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUCCESSION;

ALPS; EUROPE;

EID: 84912028223     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-014-2315-2     Document Type: Article

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