Impact of Land Use and Land Cover Changes on Organic Carbon Stocks in Mediterranean Soils (1956-2007)

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 168-179

  Munoz Rojas M ^a,b   Jordan A ^b   Zavala, L M ^b   De la Rosa, D ^a   Abd Elmabod, S K ^a,c   Anaya Romero, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Climate change; CORINE land cover; Land use; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND USE; ORGANIC CARBON; REFORESTATION;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CORINE LAND COVER; LAND USE AND LAND COVER; LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGE; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MEDITERRANEAN SOILS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

SOILS;

EID: 84922751898     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2194     Document Type: Article

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