Impact of Land Uses, Agrophysical Variables and Altitudinal Gradient on Soil Organic Carbon Concentration of North-Eastern Himalayan Region of India

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1163-1174

  Choudhury, Burhan U ^a   Fiyaz, Abdul R ^b   Mohapatra, Kamal P ^a   Ngachan, Shishomvanao ^a  

^a ICAR RESEARCH COMPLEX FOR NEH REGION   (India)

^b DIRECTORATE OF RICE RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Carbon stock; Grassland; Mixed forest; North east India; Shifting cultivation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; CULTIVATION; FORESTRY; ORGANIC CARBON; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAIN; SILT; SOILS;

CARBON STOCKS; GRASSLAND; MIXED FORESTS; NORTH- EAST INDIA; SHIFTING CULTIVATIONS;

LAND USE;

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CULTIVATION; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; MIXED FOREST; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

HIMALAYAS;

EID: 84923164244     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2338     Document Type: Article

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