Soil carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus changes under sugarcane expansion in Brazil

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 515-516, Issue , 2015, Pages 30-38

  Franco, André L C ^a   Cherubin, Maurício R ^a   Pavinato, Paulo S ^a   Cerri, Carlos E P ^a   Six, Johan ^b   Davies, Christian A ^c   Cerri, Carlos C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Shell Technology Centre Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Environmental sustainability; Land use change; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CROPS; ETHANOL; EXPANSION; FORESTRY; LAKES; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS; SOILS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIO-ENERGY; CHRONOSEQUENCES; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HISTORICAL DATA; LAND-USE CHANGE; NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOUTHERN BRAZIL;

LAND USE;

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL;

BIOENERGY; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; LAND USE CHANGE; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUGAR CANE; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HUMIDIFIER; LAND USE; PASTURE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL STRUCTURE; SUGARCANE; AGRICULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CROP; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; SOIL;

BRAZIL;

POACEAE;

AGRICULTURE; BRAZIL; CARBON; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SACCHARUM; SOIL;

EID: 84922692482     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.02.025     Document Type: Article

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